{"nrhp_refnum":"88002474","name":"US Post Office-Corning","other_names":["Corning Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"129 Walnut St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Corning","county":"Steuben County","state":"NY","lat":42.14281316200004,"lon":-77.05738013299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-11-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, yellow-brick Neoclassical post office at 129 Walnut Street in Corning, Steuben County, New York, built in 1908-09 and extended in 1930. It was designed under Supervising Architect James Knox Taylor.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an outstanding example of a Neoclassical public building in New York State and an important work of James Knox Taylor. It is noted for its locally made terra-cotta ornament and its pedimented portico with paired columns. Its interior lobby is described as among the most intact of the early-twentieth-century post offices in the thematic group.","narrative":"Corning's main post office at 129 Walnut Street is a one-story building of pressed yellow brick on a granite-clad base, built in 1908-09 to a design from the office of Supervising Architect James Knox Taylor. Its three-bay facade is dominated by a shallow pedimented portico with paired terra-cotta columns, and the cornice carries modillions. The terra-cotta trim was made locally and scribed to resemble sawn limestone. Inside, an L-shaped lobby has a terrazzo floor, oak paneling and pilasters, a classical plaster cornice and original cast-bronze fixtures. A compatible addition was made in 1930. Construction by a Saginaw, Michigan, firm cost $49,948. The building is significant as a well-proportioned Neoclassical work from the period when Taylor steered federal architecture away from heavy Romanesque designs toward classical models. Its lobby is considered unusually intact among comparable New York post offices, and the building remains a symbol of the federal presence in Corning.","period_of_significance":"1908-1930","architect_builder":"James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect; built by Fruechtal-Scheurman Co., Limited of Saginaw, Michigan","architectural_style":"Neoclassical (Beaux-Arts-inspired details)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied, in good condition, and retains a high degree of integrity; still used as the main post office.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.612139-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002474.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002474/23618e0f61-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002474/23618e0f61-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._Post_Office_Corning_NY_Nov_10.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._Post_Office_Corning_NY_Nov_10.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314735","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Corning,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7890930"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/steuben-county/us-post-office-corning-88002474/"}