Corning, NY Photos

Corning, NY is a town which grew around Corning Glass. It has a core of heritage buildings.

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Corning Museum of Glass (1951-2000). Architect: Harrison & Abramowitz (1951) + Gunnar Birkerts (1980) + Smith-Miller & Hawkinson (2000).	Old Corning City Hall (1893) now Rockwell Museum of Western Art. Style: Romanesque Revival. Architect: A.J. Warner.	Ecker Drug Store (1885) (45 East Market St.).	Victorian Gothic brick building on East Market St.

Williams Block (1887) (21 East Market St.). Architect: Henry C. Tuthill.	Williams Block facade.	Williams Block brickwork details.	East Marke Streetscape.

First National Bank &Trust building (aka Drake building) (1882) (5 East Market St.). Architect: Pierce & Bickford.	Facade of First National Bank &Trust building.	Upper story decoration of First National Bank &Trust building.	Erastus Corning Clock Tower (1883) on Centerway Square beside Baron Steuben Place.

Baron Steuben Place (1926) (101 West Market St.).	Facade of Baron Steuben Place.	Streetscape along West Market St. with Baron Steuben Place.	Romanesque Revival building on Market St.

Palace Theater marquee (17 West Market St.).	Southern Tier Roller Mills building (1879) (23 West Market St.) was later recreational facility for Corning Glass employees.	Corning Glass Works Riverfront Plaza arch.	Corning Glass Works arch mosaic of chemistry glass objects.

Corning Inc. world headquarters building (Riverfront Plaza). Architect: Kevin Roche & John Dinkeloo.	Centerway Block (c1880s) (2 West Market St.). Style: Victorian Gothic.	Facade details of Centerway Block.	Centerway Block brickwork details.

Gamman Building (12 East Market St.).	Italianate commercial buildings (28-24 East Market St.).	Ansorge Block (East Market St.). Style: Victorian Romanesque.	Boston Store block (61 East Market St.).

Griffin Block (c1903) (76-80 Market St.). Style: Eastlake Romanesque. Architect: Henry C. Tuthill.	Henkel Block (72 East Market St.).	Corning Centennial Sculpture (1996) with steam locomotive, cigar, glass factory, & canal barge at end of Market St.	Steam locomotive, cigar making & glass factory industries represented on Corning Centennial Sculpture.

Canal boat represented on Corning Centennial Sculpture.	Christ Episcopal Church (1853) (33 E 1st St.). Style: Gothic Revival.	Gothic Revival facade of Christ Episcopal Church.	First Methodist Church (1893) (144 Cedar St.). Style: Romanesque Revival.

Stained glass windows of First Methodist Church.	Tower of First Methodist Church.	Romanesque style of First Methodist Church.	Molded terra cotta decoration of First Methodist Church.

Green shingle house (29 East 1st St.).	Steuben County Courthouse (c1903) (West 1st St. at Pine). Style: Greek Revival.	Facade of Steuben County Courthouse.	World War Memorial Library (c1930) (149 Pine St.). Architect: Pierce & Bickford. On National Register.

Corning Post Office (1908) (129 Walnut St.). Architect: James Knox Taylor. On National Register.	Corning Free Academy school (1922) (11 West Third St.). Style: Romanesque Revival. Architect: Howard Greenley.	Italianate House on Pine at 2nd St.	Benjamin Patterson Inn Museum (1796) (59 West Pulteney St.). On National Register.

Benjamin Patterson Inn Museum overview.	Wixson Road Log House (c1855) at Benjamin Patterson Inn Museum.	View of Corning painting (1851) by J.S. Jennings at Corning Museum of Glass.