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Historic Places in Tioga County

Lyman P. Atkins House

W. Creek Rd.

Berkshire, NY 13736

Architect: Unknown

Style: Greek Revival

Period: 1825-1849

Ownership: Private

Robert Akins House

Main St.

Berkshire, NY 13736

Architect: Unknown

Style: Federal

Period: 1825-1849

Ownership: Private

J. Ball House

Rt. 38

Berkshire, NY 13736

Architect: Unknown

Style: Greek Revival

Period: 1825-1924

Ownership: Private

Levi Ball House

Rt. 38

Berkshire, NY 13736

Architect: Unknown

Style: Greek Revival

Period: 1825-1924

Ownership: Private

Stephen Ball House

Main St.

Berkshire, NY 13736

Architect: Unknown

Style: Greek Revival

Period: 1825-1849

Ownership: Private

Belcher Family Homestead and Farm

Rt. 38

Berkshire, NY 13736

Architect: Unknown

Style: Gothic Revival, Federal

Period: 1800-1924

Ownership: Private

Belcher/Holden/Ortu Farm

5825 Rt. 38

Newark Valley, NY 13811

Architect: Not listed

Style: Early Republic, Federal

Period: 1800-1949

Ownership: Private

Note: Believed to have been built around 1812, the 1820 census reports that Jonathan and Betsey Bement Belcher were already living at this address. Family legend has it that during WWI the leaded glass lights surrounding the front door of the house where removed and the lead melted down for the war effort. The property includes an early, modified English barn and is considered an intact example of a 19th century farm complex. See a photo of the house and barn.

Bement-Billings House

Rt. 38

Newark Valley, NY 13811

Architect: Asa Bement

Style: Greek Revival

Period: 1800-1949

Ownership: Private

Note: Owned by the Newark Valley Historical Society, this 1840 farm was once the property of Asa Bement, Jr., one of the areas settlers. The farmstead is now a woking museum. See more information.

Berkshire Village Historic District

Main St. and Leonard Ave.

Berkshire, NY 13736

Architect: Pierce & Docksteader

Style: Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Federal

Period: 1800-1949

Ownership: Private, Local Govt.

Blewer/Akins Farm

184 & 226 Blewer-Mead Rd.

Newark Valley, NY 13811

Architect: Not listed

Style: Queen Anne

Period: 1825-1949

Ownership: Private

Note: This is a former dairy farm, dating from about 1820. See a photo of the main house.

Calvin A. Buffington House

Deport St. and Railroad Ave.

Berkshire, NY 13736

Architect: Unknown

Style: Not listed

Period: 1900-1949

Ownership: Private

Daniel Chamberlain House (Chamberlain/Harris House)

627 Brown Rd.

Newark Valley, NY 13811

Architect: Not listed

Style: Greek Revival, Federal, Early Republic

Period: 1825-1874

Ownership: Private

Note: See a photo of the house.

Morris Clinton (Clinton/Rhodes House)

225 Zimmer Rd.

Newark Valley, NY 13811

Architect: Morris Clinton

Style: Late Victorian

Period: 1875-1899

Ownership: Private

Note: Built in 1881 this house marked a new direction in architecture and interior living space. The house has ample lighting, a large attic, and a central staircase. So innovative was the design at the time that the house was featured in an agricultural journal in 1882 with an engraving as illustration. See a current photo of the house.

Nathaniel Bishop Collins House

Rt. 38

Berkshire, NY 13736

Architect: Unknown

Style: Federal

Period: 1825-1849

Ownership: Private

East Berkshire United Methodist Church

E. Berkshire Rd.

Berkshire, NY 13736

Architect: Unknown

Style: Late Victorian

Period: 1875-1899

Ownership: Private

Evergreen Cemetery

East Ave. between Erie and Prospect Sts.

Owego, NY 13827

Architect: Stephen Dexter

Style: Not listed

Period: 1850-1974

Ownership: Local Govt.

Farrand/Pierson/Nizalowski House

441 Brown Rd.

Newark Valley, NY 13811

Architect: Not listed

Style: Mid 19th Century Revival, Greek Revival

Period: 1825-1924

Ownership: Private

Note: A well-maintained house that still has many of the original six-over-six windows. See a photo.

First Congregational Church

Main St.

Berkshire, NY 13736

Architect: Pierce & Dockstader

Style: Gothic, Queen Anne

Period: 1875-1899

Ownership: Private

First Methodist Episcopal Church of Tioga Center (United Methodist Church of Tioga Center)

RT. 17C

Tioga Center, NY 13845

Architect: Not listed

Style: Gothic

Period: 1850-1874

Ownership: Private

Lebbeus Ford House

Jewett Hill Rd.

Berkshire, NY 13736

Architect: Unknown

Style: Federal

Period: 1825-1849

Ownership: Private

Grace Episcopal Church (Grace Church)

445 Park Ave.

Waverly, NY 14892

Architect: Mr. Washburne

Style: Gothic Revival

Period: 1850-1949

Ownership: Private

Halsey Valley Grand Army of the Republic Meeting Hall (Sons of Union Veterans of the Hagadorn G.A.R. Post)

Hamilton Valley Rd.

Spencer, NY 14883

Architect: Not listed

Style: Not listed

Period: 1875-1974

Ownership: Private

Hiawatha Farm (Levi Green and Mary Montanye House)

2293 Rt. 17C

Owego, NY 13827

Architect: Not listed

Style: Federal

Period: 1825-1849

Ownership: Private

Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum

Main St. at the town limits

Newark Valley, NY 13811

Architect: Not listed

Style: Not listed

Period: 1800-1949

Ownership: Private

Note: The cemetery was established in 1820. See a photo of the mausoleum, built in 1928.

Knapp House

10 Rock St.

Newark Valley, NY 13811

Architect: Cephus Barker

Style: Colonial Revival

Period: 1900-1924

Ownership: Private

Note: Constructed in 1905 for Dr. Hiram Knapp, Sr. for his family, this house is still in the Knapp family. The following are just some of the original items that remain: the carriage house, speaking tube from the side entrance to the second floor, finials on drapery rods. See a photo of the house.

Lipe/Keith Farm

3462 Sherry Lipe Rd.

Newark Valley, NY 13811

Architect: Not listed

Style: Late Victorian

Period: 1850-1924

Ownership: Private

Note: Considered one of the oldest farms in the area still in use, it is still owned by the original family who bought 70 acres of the Boston Purchase. See a photo.

Maple Lawn Farm

10981 Rt. 38

Newark Valley, NY 13811

Architect: Not listed

Style: Stick/Eastlake, Late Victorian

Period: 1825-1949

Ownership: Private

Note: The property has a banked barn thought to have been built between 1840 and 1870. See a photo of the house.

John W. McCarty House

118 Main St.

Candor, NY 13743

Architect: Not listed

Style: Italianate, Queen Anne

Period: 1850-1899

Ownership: Local Govt.

Nichols High School

84 Cady Ave.

Nichols, NY 13812

Architect: T.I. Lacy & Son, Thomas Maney

Style: Tudor Revival

Period: 1900-1949

Ownership: Private

Nowlan/Geerken/Evans House

88 S. Main St.

Newark Valley, NY 13811

Architect: Not listed

Style: Mid 19th Century Revival, Greek Revival

Period: 1850-1949

Ownership: Private

Note: Until the early 1990s, the house remained in the same family. The outbuildings were at one time used as part of a pheasant-raising operation, then as an egg production business. See a photo of the house.

Owego Central Historic District

North Ave., Park, Main, Lake, Court, and Front Sts.

Owego, NY 13827

Architect: Unknown

Style: Beaux Arts, Italianate, Federal

Period: 1825-1949

Ownership: Private, Local Govt., Federal

Owego Central Historic District (boundary increase)

Bounded by William St., Central Ave., Chestnust St, Fifth Ave. and the Susquehanna River

Owego, NY 13827

Architect: Abner Beers, et al.

Style: Greek Revival, Gothic, Italianate

Period: 1800-1949

Ownership: Private, Local Govt.

Platt-Cady Mansion (George P. & Susan Platt Cady Library)

18 River St.

Nichols, NY 13812

Architect: Unknown

Style: Greek Revival, Federal

Period: 1825-1849

Ownership: Local Govt.

Deodatus Royce House

Rt. 38

Berkshire, NY 13736

Architect: Deodatus Royce

Style: Federal

Period: 1825-1849

Ownership: Private

Historic Significance: Associated with Deodatus Royce (1793-1877). Royce, a farmer, settled in Berkshire around 1814. With his wife Emily Bement (1798-1875), he had ten children.

J.B. Royce House

Rt. 38

Berkshire, NY 13736

Architect: Unknown

Style: Greek Revival, Gothic Revival

Period: 1825-1874

Ownership: Private

John Settle Farm (Clyde Tull Farm House and Barn)

1054 Settle Rd.

Newark Valley, NY 13811

Architect: Not listed

Style: Federal

Period: 1825-1949

Ownership: Private

Note: The property was purchased by David Settle in 1827 and has been farmed since about 1840. It was expanded to over 1,000 acres by Oscar Settle. Today the property is small bust is still being farmed. Besides the house, there are two ca. 1880 Victorian barns and several outbuildings. See photos of the property.

St. Paul's Church

117 Main St.

Owego, NY 13827

Architect: William Halsey Wood, John Cochran

Style: Late Victorian, Gothic

Period: 1875-1924

Ownership: Private

Sutton/Chapman/Howland/Phillips House

55 Main St.

Newark Valley, NY 13811

Architect: Not listed

Style: Early Republic, Federal

Period: 1825-1874

Ownership: Private

Note: See a photo of this property.

Tioga Centre General Store

3019 Rt. 17C

Tioga Center, NY 13845

Architect: E.H. Schoonover

Style: Greek Revival

Period: 1925-1974

Ownership: Private

Tioga County Courthouse

Village Park

Owego, NY 13827

Architect: Miles F. Howe

Style: Not listed

Period: 1850-1874

Ownership: Local Govt.

U.S. Post Office

6 Lake St.

Owego, NY 13827

Architect: James A. Wetmore

Style: Colonial Revival

Period: 1900-1924

Ownership: Federal

U.S. Post Office

434-348 Waverly St.

Waverly, NY 14892

Architect: Louis A. Simon

Style: Colonial Revival

Period: 1925-1949

Ownership: Federal

Wade Farm

5579 Rt. 38

Newark Valley, NY 13811

Architect: Not listed

Style: Early Republic, Federal

Period: 1825-1949

Ownership: Private

Waits Memorial Episcopal Church and Cemetery

Waite Rd.

Owego, NY 13827

Architect: Dunham, Henry, Orcutt

Style: Greek Revival

Period: 1850-1874

Ownership: Private

Waverly Junior and Senior High School (Mary W. Muldoon High School)

443 Pennsylvania Ave,

Waverly, NY 14892

Architect: W.T. Towner, L.F. Lord and Son

Style: Tudor Revival

Period: 1900-1949

Ownership: Private

Historic Significance: Associated with Mary Muldoon (1885-1958), educator and administrator. Muldoon shifted instruction away from the classics, introducing industrial arts and domestic science into the school's curriculum. She also was instrumental in the establishment of a state teacher's retirement fund and an assistance fund for teachers in need. Muldoon was the principal of the Waverly Junior and Senior High School for 22 years. The structure is currently a private residence and not open to the public.

Waverly Village Hall

358-360 Board St.

Waverly, NY 14892

Architect: J.H. Pierce, Sherman A. Genung

Style: Late Victorian

Period: 1875-1974

Ownership: Local Govt.

West Newark Congregational Church and Cemetery

Jct. of W. Creek and W. Newark Cross Rds.

Newark Valley, NY 13811

Architect: Gilbert Hover, Reuben Chitterdon

Style: Greek Revival

Period: 180-1924

Ownership: Private

Note: Called the Union Church of Westville and Candor in 1823 and then the Second Church of Newark in 1832, it became a Congregational church in 1853. The cemetery was established in the 1820 and is located to the side and behind the church. It later became a community burial ground and is now under the direction of the West Newark Cemetery Association. All records for the church and the cemetery were lost in a fire in 1990. See a photo if the church.

West Newark School House

Jct. of W. Creek and W. Neward Cross Rds.

Newark Valley, NY 13811

Architect: Not listed

Style: Greek Revival

Period: 1800-1949

Ownership: Private

Note: Once a one-room schoolhouse and meetinghouse of the Congregational Church and was located on the opposite side of the road from where it now stands. See a photo.

 

 

 

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