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Second Empire

circa 1875 

Isaac S. Hobie bought this property in 1874. The Hobie family live here until 1878. Daniel R. Pratt, co-fonder of the Second National Bank, bought and sold the house within one year. Wilber W. Fish bought the house from Pratt in 1879. Mr. Fish added the billiard room with a separate entrance in the 1880's. A game favorite of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain). The house stayed in the Fish family until 1945. Dr. Anselm J. Leahy his wife Dolores purchased the house. It was sold to James & Judith Frandsen in 1973. To view the current website of the home www.thepaintedlady.net

Italian Villa

circa 1870

William A. Atkinson was the first owner of this house in 1870. He was a coal agent at 114 Baldwin St.. In the begining of 1890 the house was sold to Hon. John M. Diven. John Diven formed the Elmira And Horseheads Street Railway Co. In 1871. This company provided trolley service the the city. Between 1911-1920 Chester R. Converse family lived here, and between 1925-1960 Garrett E. Bacorn lived here. In 1946 the house was converted into 6 apartments.

Greek Revival

circa 1852

This house is to believed to be built by John Davis a farmer and stage coach owner. Early owners were Isaac Baldwin and Dan Builder, very influentil in the building of the Chemung Canal. In 1905 Warren Beck and lived their with his family until 1956. Mr. Beck helped form American Sales Book Co., Inc.. (he held the patentee of a notched carbon copy). Which is now Moore Business Forms.

 

Colonial Revival

circa 1902

This property in 1853 was owned by I. Delsey who was a diamond broker. In 1902 the present house was built by Alexander Morrow. He was an inventor of the Morrow Coaster Brake. The house was sold to Fred Potter, a real estate agent. On September 22, 1971 the house was damaged by fire and a boarder died.

Greek Revival

circa 1850

This modest home has been occupied by clerks, storekeepers, the paymaster of the Morrow Manufacturing Co., employees of Iszards Deparment Store, real estate and insurance salesmen and and osteopath. It was converted into a dentist offise in 1941. Currently being used as a Travel Agencie

Georgian Revival

circa 1898

Architects Pierce & Bickford

The parcel was part of Wisner's Town Plat, platted in 1795 by Henry Wisner. An initial small frame house was built in 1850. In 1876. the owner was William F. Corey, a cashier at the Second National Bank. Between 1880-1900, West Church Street was redevelo0ped as afashionable, affluuent residential street. The small frame house was razed in 1898 to make way for the present structure. The Georgian Revival house is one of five copies of the Longfellow House, in CambridgeConn., in the country.

Neo-Classical

circa 1896

Architects Pierce & Bickford

Arthur Clinton moved to Elmira from Galeton,Pa. in 1892. In 1898 he formed a cororation with Frederick Baker and Steven Rose kown as Row, Kimvall and Clinton. This vusiness is still in existence in Elmira known as Rose, Kimball and Baxter Enterprizes. Mr. Clinton purchased the property from John Hoffman whose hme was adjacent to hise. Arthur Clinton was vice-president of the Merchants National Bank. This bank began in 1892 as the State Bank of Elmira, becoming Merchants Bank in 1899, and is now known as the Marine Midland Bank. In 1927 when Aurthor Clinton died, he left his home to his four children.

Federal

circa 1829

This house is remanicient of 18th centery Americona homes of the moderatly prosperiouse American.This one of the original brick houses in Elmira and was once part of a large farm. Leroy French built this house as well as the Hoffman home, with bricks reportedly made in the back yard. Phillip French, a grocer, bought the property from John D. Baldwin in 1851, and occupied the house until 1868 when Jacob Lowman McDowell, a prominent citizen of the community, moved his family here. In 1920, Dr. Arthur Booth, a physician bought the property from the McDowell's. The Booth children sold the estate in 1968 to James Butman, who presently uses the home as a nursing home. Local legend claims that runaway slaves were hidden in a cistern under the back porch when this house was part of the system prior the Civil War.

113 Walnut Street circa 1891

The original owner and occupant was Charles H. Gridley. He was president of Gridley, Fuhrman, and Martin Co., Two quality hardware stores. In 1952, Charles O. Eacker became the owner. He was a lawer an manager of the Elmira Credit Bureau and secretary of the business Men's Association. He risided here until 1955 when the ownership was transferred to Mrs. Clara Arnold. At the end of a year, the property was sold to Thomas M. McInerny, funeral director and legislator of Chemung County. The house was converted into multiple use at that time. Home and McInerny Funeral Home. The home is still owned by Mrs. McInerny.

 

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