Editing Mayville, New York (section)

== History ==
The [[Holland Land Company]] anticipated establishing a village located at the eastern end of the [[Old Portage Road]] between [[Westfield, New York|Lake Erie]] and [[Chautauqua Lake]]. In 1804, the area was surveyed by William Peacock. In 1805, the village was named Mayville in honor of Elisabeth Busti (''née'' May), wife of [[Paul Busti]], ''Agent General'' of the Holland Land Company.<ref name="Safran">Safran, Franciska K. (1983) ''William Peacock, Holland Land Company Subagent in Chautauqua County'', New York. Fredonia, N.Y.: Thesis, pp. 24-25.</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Magnani |first1=Ferdinando |title=Paul Busti and the Holland Land Co.: An Historical Vindication |journal=Il Carroccio (New York) |date=January 1926 |volume=23 |page=38 |hdl=2027/mdp.39015073737325?urlappend=%3Bseq=53 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015073737325?urlappend=%3Bseq=53%3Bownerid=13510798895494097-59}}</ref>

The 1808 legislation establishing the formation of Chautauqua County required the appointment of a committee to locate the county seat.  Gov. [[Daniel D. Tompkins]] selected Jonas Williams (Batavia), Isaac Sutherland (Batavia) and Asa Ransom (Clarence) based on the recommendations of [[Joseph Ellicott]], Resident Land Agent for the Holland Land Company in Batavia. The committee designated Mayville as the county seat, rubberstamping the Holland Land Company plan.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=H. C. |title=Historical sketches of the town of Portland: |date=1873 |publisher=W. McKinstry & Son |location=Fredonia, NY |page=19 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/loc.ark:/13960/t2988fn38?urlappend=%3Bseq=25}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Chazanof |first1=William |title=Joseph Ellicott and the Holland Land Company: The Opening of Western New York |date=1970 |publisher=Syracuse University Press |page=111 |isbn=9781684450022 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/book/61263}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=New York [State] |title=Laws of New York, 31st Session, Chapter 40 |date=1806 |page=266}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Young |first1=Andrew W. |title=History of Chautauqua County, New York, from its first settlement to the present time; with numerous biographical and family sketches |date=1875 |page=77 |publisher=Printing House of Matthews & Warren |hdl=2027/coo1.ark:/13960/t4gm8sj24 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo1.ark:/13960/t4gm8sj24}}</ref>

In 1804, Alexander McIntyre of Meadville, Pennsylvania became the first land owner in the future village. The Holland Land Company established a sales office in Mayville in 1810 with William Peacock as sub-agent.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Edson |first1=Obed |editor1-last=Dilley |editor1-first=Butler F. |title=History of Chautauqua County |date=1891 |page=209 |publisher=Gresham |hdl=2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t31265b2d |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t31265b2d}}</ref>
[[File:William Peacock-Young 1875.jpg|thumb|William Peacock, 1780-1877]]

The first Courthouse was a two-story wood framed building built by Winsor Brigham from 1811 to 1815.

The village of Mayville was incorporated in 1830. In 1836, local residents rioted against the [[Holland Land Company]] and broke into its office, destroying furniture and papers.

The second Courthouse was constructed under a contract to [[Benjamin Rathbun]] of Buffalo from 1834-1837. It was a Greek Revival temple form built of brick with six Doric columns. [[File:Chautauqua County Court House, Mayville, N.Y. (18224502246).jpg|thumb|Chautauqua County Court House,1837-1907]]

The [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] built a train station and pier on the shores of [[Chautauqua Lake]] at Mayville. This station was on a PRR route from Pittsburgh to Dunkirk to Buffalo route.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Pennsylvania Railroad, Table 160 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=78 |issue=12 |date=May 1946}}</ref> The Mayville station, along with the [[Jamestown, New York|Jamestown]] boat landing at the south end of the lake, was the main mode of transportation to the rest of the communities around Chautauqua Lake via the large fleet of steamboats operating before the [[interurban]] lines were constructed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://jamestowntrolley.org/steamer/larges/lsteamb.html |title=The Jamestown Street Railway Trolley Car #93 Restoration Project |website=jamestowntrolley.org}}</ref> The Chautauqua Traction Company served the communities on the western side of the lake; and the [[Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad]] was the interurban serving the east side of the lake. In modern times the steamboat ''[[Chautauqua Belle]]'' still operates out of Mayville, running between Point Chautauqua, [[Chautauqua Institution]], and the vessel's home port in Mayville.

The [[Pennsylvania Railroad Station (Mayville, New York)|Pennsylvania Railroad Station]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1993.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> The [[Point Chautauqua Historic District]] was listed in 1996.<ref name="nris"/>

The third (and current) Courthouse was designed by the [[Poughkeepsie]] architect [[William J. Beardsley]] and built by Shellberg, Lindquist, and Bailey from 1907-1909. This building was expanding in 1968 with the construction of a significant annex designed by local architects Naetzker, Thorsell & Dove.