Elmira Civic Historic District

{{short description|Historic district in New York, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Elmira Civic Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| image = Elmira Civic Historic District.jpg

| caption = Looking north on Lake Street, Arnot Art Museum in foreground

| location = Elmira, New York

| coordinates = {{coord|42|5|26|N|76|48|9|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = New York#USA

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-marker = building

| mapframe-zoom = 12

| mapframe-caption = Interactive map showing the location for Elmira Civic Historic District

| area =

| built = 1835

| architect = Pierce & Bickford et al.

| architecture = Mid 19th Century Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

| added = July 30, 1980{{NRISref|2008a}}

| increase = January 20, 2020{{cite web|title=Weekly List 20200131|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/weekly-list-20200131.htm|website=National Register of Historic Places Weekly Listings|publisher=U.S. National Park Service|date=January 31, 2020|accessdate=February 10, 2020}}

| refnum = 80002596

| increase_refnum = 100004956

}}

The Elmira Civic Historic District is the area of downtown Elmira, New York where the governmental center developed in the town's early history. It includes the Chemung County Courthouse Complex, John Hazlett Office Building and the Arnot Art Museum/Icehouse, all on Lake Street. Among the contributing buildings on Church Street are the Richardson Romanesque style Armory Building, the Beaux Arts-style City Hall, designed by Pierce & Bickford, and the U. S. Post Office. Other buildings are on nearby Baldwin Street, Market Street and Carroll Street. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980;{{cite web|author=Roger Gates Reed|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination:Elmira Civic Historic District|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1105|date=September 1979|accessdate=2008-09-27|archive-date=April 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401124502/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1105|url-status=dead}} and [http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1107 Accompanying 20 photos, from 1976] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401124510/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1107 |date=April 1, 2012 }} four decades later its boundaries were revised.