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Holland Land Office

Holland Land Office
A light brown stone building with a pointed roof, green shutters and white columns on the front. In front of it are a sidewalk, a blue marker with gold writing, and a portion of street. Black letters above the front columns read "Holland Land Office Museum", which is also on a banner across the front.
North elevation, 2005
Holland Land Office is located in New York
Holland Land Office
Holland Land Office is located in the US
Holland Land Office
Location Batavia, NY
Coordinates 42°59′56″N 78°11′26″W / 42.99889°N 78.19056°W / 42.99889; -78.19056Coordinates: 42°59′56″N 78°11′26″W / 42.99889°N 78.19056°W / 42.99889; -78.19056
Built 1815
Architect Joseph Ellicott
NRHP Reference # 66000521
Significant dates
Added to NRHP October 15, 1966
Designated NHL October 9, 1960

The Holland Land Office building is located on West Main Street (New York state routes 5, 33 and 63) in downtown Batavia, New York, United States. It is a stone building designed by surveyor Joseph Ellicott and erected in the 1810s.

It was the third and last office of the Holland Land Company, which owned almost all of what is today Western New York. Ellicott presided over the survey, sale and ultimate settlement of a vast tract of land. In 1960 it was declared a National Historic Landmark, the first one in Western New York and the only one in Genesee County. Today it is a museum, with exhibits about the history of the company and the region.

The building is located on the south side of West Main between Ellicott and Thomas Avenues on the north, two blocks west of the county courthouse and the commercial center of downtown Batavia. To the west is the Oak Street (New York State Route 98) intersection.

Tonawanda Creek is to the south. The office occupies a narrow strip of land between it and the street. On its east the creek comes closer to West Main, leaving only enough room for a sidewalk; a parking lot is located on the west between the building and Oak Street. Across West Main is another parking lot, houses and a Dunkin' Donuts. The area is level, part of the creek's former flood plain.

The land office building itself is a one-and-a-half–story limestone structure with a 47-by-36-foot (14 by 11 m) main block topped with an asphalt-shingled gabled roof. A wooden pedimented entrance portico projects from the north (front) elevation, and two additions are located to the southwest. One is a small one-story cinder block connector to the other, a large L-shaped timber frame wing with about 12 feet (3.7 m) between it and the main block.


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