Elmira College Old Campus

Elmira College Old Campus
Location Elmira, New York
Coordinates 42°5′52″N 76°48′53″W / 42.09778°N 76.81472°W / 42.09778; -76.81472Coordinates: 42°5′52″N 76°48′53″W / 42.09778°N 76.81472°W / 42.09778; -76.81472
Built 1855
Architect Multiple
Architectural style Classical Revival, Late Gothic Revival, Romanesque
NRHP Reference #

84002068

[1]
Added to NRHP August 23, 1984

The Elmira College Old Campus is the historic part of Elmira College in Elmira, New York. Historically known as The Elmira Collegiate Seminary or The Elmira Female College, the college was the first in the United States to offer a degree program to women on a par with those offered by men's programs. The contributing structures are also significant as good examples of the architecture of the period in which they were built. The contributing buildings are; Cowles Hall, Hamilton House, Mark Twain's Study, Gillett Hall, Carnegie Science Hall, Fassett Commons, Tompkins Hall, and Hamilton Hall.[2]

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  1. ↑ National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Janette Johnstone (June 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Elmira College Old Campus". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2008-10-13. See also: "Accompanying 33 photos, from May, 1983". and "Accompanying nomination correspondence".

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