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Welcome to the "Near Westside Neighborhood" national historic district.
Elmira, NY

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Guided Victorian Home tours, 7 Days a week!
Buses and groups welcomed! Elmira, NY. Finger Lakes Region.

25 years experience t
our the national historic district.

PHOTOs of our STREETS HERE

GUIDED TOURs HERE
(twenty fife years experienced) in the "Near Westside Neighborhood" Elmira, NY national historic district.

WELCOME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

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Phone 607-732-1436

Public TOURs Friday and Saturday 11AM

Information on

The
George Waters
Home


Hudson Valley Artist

First Art professor at Elmira Collage for girls 1854
149 West Gray St. Elmira, NY
 Guided Tour, and information on the "Near Westside Neighborhood" Elmira, NY. Phone 607-732-1436 to set up your tour time now. Come for a tour. Stay for a VISIT! Elmira, NY in the Finger Lakes Region ENJOY! my neighborhood.


We are adding photos to our web site and then moving them to our  STREETS of the NEAR WESTSIDE in the historic district. Scroll down for more information on the Near Westside Neighborhood national historic district. Also consider coming for a tour.
"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present."

VICTORIAN HOMES are decorated both inside, and out, so that the homes can be for everyone's enjoyment!

 Our national historic district, Elmira NY neighborhood.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....   One of four Civil War Barracks from Elmira, NY's Civil War Prison Camp "Helmira" Ken Burns PBS

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www.ElmirasPaintedLady.com B & B
Conveniently located in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State!
 
A favorite stop on the tour. We visit inside Elmira's Painted Lady B & B. See the late turn of the century billiard room,

stained glass,

architectural woodwork, and much more!

A true taste of the "Gilded Age" coined
by
Mark Twain.Samuel Draper, tour guide and director, shooting billiards with "Mark Twain" at the Painted Lady

High School Architectural Students ON TOUR at the Lady!

Tour information E-MAIL HistoricNearWestside@yahoo.com

W. First Street porch. West First St
 
See "Near Westside Neighborhood" homes by

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circa 1852
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Guided TOURs from 1-4 hours.
 
Looking for a home? Visit our Real-Estate PAGE to buy home or find a local realtor.

Victorian home(s) walking or car, guided tours, photo's, architecture, style's, porches, & ground's, in our amazing neighborhood! Questions? e-mail HistoricNearWestside@yahoo.com

Tour Buses & Groups WELCOMED! We are your step on professional guide service.
PRIVATE TOURs
minimum 2 people maximum 50.
   
Guided Historic Tours! Welcome to the
Near Westside Neighborhood Elmira, NY.

107 Grove St. Elmira, NY upper porch circa 1898


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Things you see on the tour's
 


The "Arthur Clinton House"
1/18/12 Mr. Arthur Clinton Arthur Clinton President of Barker, Rose, & Clinton (formerly Gray).
BORN 1856 Newark Valley, N.Y.
1883 he started a lumber manufacturing business in Galeton, PA. Galeton is and was a very rural Pennsylvania town of lumberjacks.


Plan your Victorian Experience Tour & Stay.
While visiting Elmira, NY, consider staying at www.ElmirasPaintedLady.com located in the "Near Westside Neighborhood"


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Historic Near Westside

  Supporting Finger Lakes Adventure Tourism

ONE hour driver from Hammonsport, Ithaca, Binghamton NY.

THIRTY minute driver from Corning, Watkins Glen NY.

TEN minute drive from Big Flats, Horsheads NY.

ONLY a four hour drive from New York City!

Click HERE to Visit the Chemung Chamber of Commerce website here

 

Welcome to the Near Westside Neighborhood

Come in and visit our site of Victorian Homes in our neighborhood. See all homes in our historic district by OUR Streets and Pictures  Second St. WEST circa 1888 built as a double

Victorian Tours and information, PRIVATE, GROUP & BUS TOURS welcomed: Victorian Homes & Churches. Victorian Architecture. National historic district . "Near Westside Neighborhood" Elmira, NY. Come for a tour. Stay for a VISIT!

 
Victorian Tours

booking now and info
HistoricNearWestside@yahoo.com

ONLY $12. per person!  See Victorian homes and Churches

Visit historic locations such as a restored 1870 carriage house and MORE!
After the tour ENJOY 10% OFF at Soup's ON Cafe' College Avenue.

Enjoy our High Victorian Homes and web site.

  The "Arthur Clinton House"

Click here to see the interior of the Arthur Clinton Home 

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The Near Westside Neighborhood  nationally registered High Victorian historic district.

 

Elmira's registered historic Business District (below) 

Our national historic district neighborhood, the "Near Westside Neighborhood"

 "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present."

Take a guided tour of our historic district. Visit inside High Victorian homes, Gothic Churches, restored carriage house, and more!

Click HERE to Visit the Chemung Chamber of Commerce website here

 

 Near Westside Neighborhood

Come in and visit our site of Victorian Homes in our neighborhood. See all homes in our historic district by  streets and pictures 

Historic Elmira NY located in the Southern Finger Lakes Region

  Near Westside Neighborhood

Nationally Registered Historic District  Second Empire Style

     

 VICTORIAN HOMES are decorated both inside, and out, so that the homes can be for everyone's enjoyment! 

EXAMPLE OF A COACH DAY TOUR

Near Westside Neighborhood

Located in beautiful upstate New York?s Finger Lakes region is ELMIRA NY.

Elmira NY Downtown "Main Street USA"

Aerial view of the Near Westside Neighborhood.

  Photo courtosey of James Aber. The City of Elmira NY has five bridges crossing the beautiful Chemung River

Western New York State's best kept secret! Summer Hometown of Mark Twain.

 

Near Westside Neighborhood

 Elmira's City Hall freeze

 click here to see photos of our historic district homes by streets.



The concept of a Historic District for the entire Near Westside Neighborhood was first conceived in 1978.

 

The "Near Westside Neighborhood". To see our historic homes by streetsclick here.

TOUR INFORMATION

We can customize tours

to your individual and group needs!

Great gift packages!

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Samuel Draper tour guide and director, shooting billiards with "Mark Twain" at the Painted Lady

www.ElmirasPaintedLady.com billiard room

"An Elmira Connection"

An adaptation and re-enactment of Mark Twain's "A True Story"

Aunt Rachel (Ethel Stroman) & Tour guide Samuel Draper

"A True Story". Mark Twain and Aunt Rachel, the cook at Quarry Farm, were sitting on the farmhouse porch early one summer evening sometime around the 1870's, when he happened to ask her is she'd had any troouble during her life of 60 years.

Ethel Stroman becomes Aunt Rachel, as Mark Twain, (Gary Wilson), writes down her life story.

The Park Church click here for  Restoration VIDEO

Mark, Tom, Becky, at Park Church, Elmira, NY

Eric Lindsey potraying Samuel L. Clemons's "Mark Twain"

 

EXAMPLE OF A COACH DAY TOUR

Samuel Draper

Would like to join me in Victorian urban adventure touring inside some of Elmira's historic homes and sites?

                         Come explore with me

 

Click here for further TOUR DETAILS and charges Take a walk, See our down-town architecture, have lunch at several neighborhood restaurants and pubs. Visit the second floor FREE "Mark Twain Hotel Museum" open 7 am till 9 pm seven days a week.

Schedule a walking tour while visiting the Finger Lakes area, phone 607-732-1436. If we are not in please leave a message. Long distance calls can only be returned collect. Or e-mail us at HistoricNearWestside@yahoo.com for more information.

 

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Near Westside Neighborhood

  Mission

Historic Near Westside supports local and regional tourism, historic districts, sites, museums, and events of the greater Western New York Finger Lakes Region. Including Western New York State, New York City, Northern Tier of Pennsylvania, and all states beyond and Canada. The HistoricNearWestside.com of Elmira, New York mission is to research, preserve, and share Elmira's rich heritage in a manner that honors the past, builds a bridge between generations, and leaves a legacy for the future.

 Achieve 

active advocacy, participation in community planning, innovative educational programs, the preservation of properties.

 Purpose

of the www.HistoricNearWestside.com is to serve its community.  It does that through efforts to beautify the neighborhood; to encourage historic preservation and property maintenance; to promote appropriate business development, to fight crime, and to protect and enhance Elmira's unique urban ambiance.

    Goals   

The HistoricNearWestside.com of Elmira-goals are outlined below:

  • Collect and document the history of Elmira utilizing oral, written, and visual mediums.
  • Develop historical publications for the purpose of promotion, preservation, and education.
  • Participate in cooperative efforts with other organizations to establish a heritage mission.
  • Encourage the preservation and restoration of historic buildings and sites.

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Cite Information

Some of the historic references are from the Near Westside Neighborhood Association Incorporated BIG BLUE BOOK

Titled 

THE

HISTORIC NEAR WESTSIDE

ELMIRA NY

Second Edition

Avalable in the refrence section at the Steele Memorial Library, Elmira, NY

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