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Festivals

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
39 WHIG STREET
The Baptist Society was organized in 1857. By 1869, they were ready and able to built this brick building, using local brick from the Loring Brick Works, south of the village, at a cost of $10,000.

Originally, there was a steeple and bell tower, there were stained glass windows and a front door with some Romanesque Revival elements. Buttresses flank the original front door. There have been many renovations, updating, adding inside plumbing for instance!, lowering ceilings to create classrooms, then adding the gym, and finally the lovely new sanctuary in 1973.

Dennis Spencer is your host for today, and will meet you near the flag pole.
His family have been involved here for at least 3 generations, and so he remembers many of the changes.

Spring Fling

NV Days

Apple Festival

Holiday Magic

Special Events

Auction

GOOD SHEPHERD BED & BREAKFAST

26 MAIN STREET

Since we first visited this lovely home, Mrs. Esler has continued to update, meanwhile maintaining the integrity of the home.

We believe it was built about 1865, as it is not on the tax rolls until 1867. It was built by Lewis D. Bishop for Daniel Dohs and his family. It remained in that family at least until 1937, and then had several owners, each of whom left his/her own stamp on it.

You will find a mixture of architecture - Italianate (entrance), stick style (front gable), Eastlake (Porch) and neo-Greco decorations. The turret is an early addition (pre 1905), as is the bump-out on the north side. The porch railing has been removed, but the fancy little flowers on the facia board, and the peak over the center dormer has a familiar design found on many Newark Valley homes.

Primitive Rendezvous

Historic House Tour

Veterans Day Dinner

HOPE CEMETERY MAUSOLEUM
194 S. MAIN STREET
November, 1925, Mr. Claude Smith of Waverly approached the Trustees of the Hope Cemetery Association with a plan to build a Community Mausoleum, much like the one in Waverly. After touring that facility, they signed a contract with Mr. Smith. They would provide the land, and act as trustees of the funds collected by Mr. Smith in payment for crypts and private rooms.
Feb. 1926, Trustees purchased 1 acre of land from Arthur Graham and in May, Oscar Settel purchased a $10,000 room for himself and his sister. Frank Andrews purchased a $5,000 room. Vern Sloat was hired to build the mausoleum, at a cost close to $100,000.
September 1926, Foundation commenced.
October, 1926, only ½ spaces sold, therefore no guarantee of endownment to pay for upkeep.
And so, here we are today. Mr. Smith did not fulfill his contract, and went bankrupt, not all crypts were ever sold, no maintenance fee, Cemetery Association is trying to keep it from falling down, but lacks the $200,000 to restore even the outside.
Come in and admire the marble crypt fronts, the ornate iron work, the wall scones, for which there never has been any electricity. Also note what’s left of the stenciling around the ceiling.

JAMES & CORNELIA MEADE HOUSE

This house was built c. 1890 by Clarence Walters on his 12 acre farmstead. In 1924 it was sold to Belle Depew. She left it to her husband, Friend L. Depew, in 1927. Though he passed the property to Belle’s five sons in 1935, by 1940 it was owned only by son Neal D. Ives and his wife, Eliza M. Ives. Neal and Eliza had no heirs, but raised many foster children here. Mr. Ives died in 1979, and Mrs. Ives died in 1985. James and Cornelia Mead purchased the farm soon after.

Clarence Walters transplanted many maple trees along the road, and was probably the man who built a small dairy barn and milk house. Since a 12-acre farm provided insufficient income, Neal Ives worked as an electrician, providing wiring for many Tioga County farms. His shop still stands between the house and dairy barn. He also raised beef cows. After the 2-story chicken house was added in the 1950’s he raised up to 1000 chickens at a time for eggs and broilers.

In 1962 NYS appropriated land for Route 38, but spared the Ives home, though 22 original maple trees were removed. The three maples that now line the driveway are all that remain of Mr. Walters’ trees. Over the years the house’s original cross shape has changed with various additions. The Meads have kept the flavor of the original house while creating a cozy home for their family.