{"nrhp_refnum":"82003349","name":"Elmira Heights Village Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"268 E. 14th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Elmira Heights","county":"Chemung County","state":"NY","lat":42.129514640000025,"lon":-76.82126418399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-05-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half-story yellow brick village hall and fire station at 268 East 14th Street in Elmira Heights, Chemung County, New York, built in 1896 with a flat-roofed wing added in 1926.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hall is historically significant as the center of village government and civic services since Elmira Heights was incorporated in 1896. It is architecturally significant as a work of the prominent Elmira firm Pierce and Bickford, combining classical and medieval motifs in the Chateauesque style. It is also one of the few early structures in the central business district to retain architectural integrity.","narrative":"Built in 1896, the Elmira Heights Village Hall occupies the corner of Scottwood Avenue and East 14th Street at the eastern end of the village's commercial district. The two-and-one-half-story building is made of building tile faced with yellow brick, with grey cast stone trim and a steep slate roof with wall dormers. Its eclectic design mixes classical details such as modillions and dentils with northern European Gothic roof forms, a combination known as Chateauesque. Elmira architects Joseph Hart Pierce and Henry H. Bickford designed it for a planned industrial community laid out in the early 1890s and incorporated as a village in 1896. The ground floor housed the fire department, with social rooms above and a dance hall on the third floor. A 1926 annex, widened truck doors and a shortened bell tower are the main changes. The hall served village government until 1979, after which it stood vacant.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"J.H. Pierce and H.H. Bickford","architectural_style":"Chateauesque (Northern Renaissance Revival), an eclectic combination of classical and medieval motifs","criteria":[],"status_note":"Vacant after village services moved to a new building in 1979; condition listed as good, with hopes it would become a library, museum and meeting place.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.292773-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82003349.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003349/1cd5dfdcff-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003349/1cd5dfdcff-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Lvklock","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elmira_Heights_Village_Hall.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lvklock</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elmira_Heights_Village_Hall.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316808","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmira_Heights_Village_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5366808"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/chemung-county/elmira-heights-village-hall-82003349/"}