Montour Falls Historic District

Montour Falls Historic District occupies about 13 acres at the foot of Chequaga Falls in Schuyler County, New York. It holds 24 mid- and late-nineteenth-century buildings, centered on a group of Greek Revival public buildings on West Main Street known locally as the "Glorious T." These include the former County Courthouse, now the Village Hall, the County Clerk's Office, the Sheriff's Office, the Memorial Library, St. Paul's Episcopal Church and the M&M Club, a former railroad hotel. Gillispie and Coreyell designed them in the 1850s and 1860s for Charles Cook, a canal contractor, entrepreneur and state senator who laid out the village and helped form Schuyler County in 1854. Genesee Street adds Greek Revival, Italian villa, shingle style and board-and-batten houses. The district was judged to illustrate community planning and craftsmanship in small southern tier towns, and it has no intrusions and only minor alterations.