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Elmira College Old Campus
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| Location: | Elmira, New York |
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| Built: | 1855 |
| Architect: | Multiple |
| Architectural style: | Classical Revival, Late Gothic Revival, Romanesque |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: |
84002068 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | August 23, 1984 |
The Elmira College Old Campus is the historic part of Elmira College in Elmira, New York. Historically known as The Elmira Collegiate Seminary or The Elmira Female College, the college was the first in the United States to affer a degree program to women on a par with those offered by men's programs. The contributing structures are also significant as good examples of the architecture of the period in which they were built. The contributing buildings are; Cowles Hall, Hamilton House, Mark Twain's Study, Gillett Hall, Carnegie Science Hall, Fassett Commons, Tompkins Hall, and Hamilton Hall.[2]