Hanover Square Historic District - Horseheads, NY
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ripraff
N 42° 10.050 W 076° 49.285
18T E 349548 N 4669979
"There was a small village built around a large rock deposited by a glacier by the time General John Sullivan came to the area during the Sullivan Expedition. The Town of Horseheads grew from this small settlement around the rock, into a larger town"
Waymark Code: WMRC6J
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 06/07/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
Views: 3

This is the center of Horseheads in the old business area.
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"Horseheads is the first and only town and village in the United States dedicated to the service of the American Military Horse. A twenty-eight square mile memorial, unparalleled in American Military History, is the proud distinction that enshrines the town and Village of Horseheads, New York."
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"The Hanover Square Historic District is a downtown business district in Horseheads, New York. Most of the buildings in the district were built between 1862 and 1882 in the Romanesque Revival style. The homogeneity of the district is owed to the fact that a fire levelled the town in 1862, allowing for redevelopment in this manner. The brick buildings, with their decorative corbelling, are remarkably intact."
Street address:
E. and W. Franklin and N. and S. Main Sts.
Horseheads, NY USA
14845


County / Borough / Parish: Chemung

Year listed: 1982

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture Romanesque, Other, Colonial Revival

Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Historic function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic Business, Hotel

Current function: Commerce/Trade Business, Professional

Privately owned?: yes

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 2: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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