National Register of Historic Places

Hanover Square Historic District

Horseheads, Chemung County, New York
Listed
October 29, 1982
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
82001094

About this property

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. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 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. Later expansions away from the square produced the 1855 Extension Historic District. Media related to Hanover Square Historic District (Horseheads, New York) at Wikimedia Commons

Location

Horseheads, Chemung County, New York
42.16771, -76.82091

Categories

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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Chemung Railway Depot-Horseheads
Industrial
0.2 mi
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
Industrial
0.2 mi
Teal Park
Listed
0.3 mi
Horseheads 1855 Extension Historic District
Civil War
0.3 mi
Zimmerman House
Industrial
0.4 mi

Nearby Battles

Battle of Newtown August 29 1779
1779Revolutionary War
0.9 mi
Sullivan-Clinton Campaign battle at Newtown
1779Revolutionary War
1 mi
Sullivan-Clinton Expedition: Battle of Newtown Aug 29 1779
1779Revolutionary War
3 mi

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When was Hanover Square Historic District listed on the National Register?

Hanover Square Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1982.

What type of historic resource is Hanover Square Historic District?

Hanover Square Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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