Romantic Victorian Homes & Guided Tours. Motor coach step on guide available, Victorian Architecture Elmira, NY Historic Mark Twain Tours.

 The Near Westside Neighborhood 

    Home of the "Mark Twain River Town Tour" touring Victorian Homes at there BEST in Elmira NY's national historic district.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Lunch tour special info  HERE at Barb's Soups ON Cafe'

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 Victorian Home INFORMATION and ADVENTURES!

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Victorian home guided tours!

ALSO group tours available! See Victorian Homes decorated for the holidays. Enjoy photos of our High Victorian national historic district.

Guided Victorian tours.

Indian Summer tour.

www.ElmirasPaintedLady.coma favorit stop on a tour!

   The Mark Twain Study on the grounds of Elmira College Campus highlights a tour day.        

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Samuel Drapera HOP, SKIP, & JUMP away!The Near Westside Neighborhood Elmira, N.Y. Historic Near Westside on Facebook  The Park Church Sanctuary, listening to the Organ play.

. . . to our national historic district. We have the largest concentration of High Victorian Homes and Architectural Styles on the national register of historic places!

       The "Arthur Clinton House"  Click here to see the interior of the Arthur Clinton Home 

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Come vacation staycation with us while visiting the Finger Lakes Region! 

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

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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 Southen Finger Lakes Region

  Near Westside Neighborhood

Nationally Registered Historic District

Second Empire Style

 circa 1891 Victorian style St. Patrick's Day greeting

 VICTORIAN HOMES

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

 Our national historic Elmira NY neighborhood.

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

Victorian homes snow picturesCLICK HERE

EXAMPLE OF A COACH DAY TOUR

Near Westside Neighborhood

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

Western New York State's best kept secret!

Near Westside Neighborhood

 Elmira's City Hall freeze

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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 individule and group needs!

Great gift packages!

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

www.ElmirasPaintedLady.com billard 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.

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The Park Church click here for current  Restoration VIDEO

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

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

 

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ABOUT THE WALKING TOUR HERE  EXAMPLE OF A COACH DAY TOUR

Sam Draper

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

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Take a walk,Guided tour info here view the architecture, have lunch at several neighborhood restaurants and pubs. Shop at the "Community Book Store" CommunityBookStore.com caring a variety of books(including local authors), CD's of area musicians, gifts, and fresh ground coffee! 20 oz. $1.25. Also enjoy teas, a variety of drinks, ice cream, and SNACKS! Visit the second floor FREE "Mark Twain Hotel Museum" open 7 am till 9 pm seven days a week.

We recommend for your self guided tour to start at the "Community Book Store" Our neighborhood restaurants and pubs are all less than a 5-minute walk. Ask Karen (owner operator) at the "Community Book Store" for directions and area information. www.CommunityBookStore.com

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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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.

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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.

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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 refrences 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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