{"nrhp_refnum":"98000137","name":"Southside Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by NY 17, Chemung St., Spencer Hill, and Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Corning","county":"Steuben County","state":"NY","lat":42.14038572250004,"lon":-77.05505293578744,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-02-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large, mainly residential historic district in the City of Corning, Steuben County, New York, covering the central core of the Southside neighborhood on the north slope of Spencer Hill. It is laid out on a grid designed by the Corning Company in 1835 and includes houses, churches, a park and other buildings.","why_significant":"The district is nominated for its high concentration of intact historic buildings and continuous streetscapes, with a wide range of 19th and early 20th century architectural styles. Greek Revival, Italianate and Queen Anne houses make up about 73 percent of the contributing houses and commercial buildings. The form also notes related outbuildings, fences, hitching posts and slate sidewalks. The form certifies local significance.","narrative":"Southside Historic District covers the central core of a large residential neighborhood in Corning, New York, rising from Denison Parkway up the north slope of Spencer Hill. Its streets follow a rectilinear grid laid out by the Corning Company in 1835. The district holds 624 contributing buildings, one park and four objects, along with many outbuildings, wrought iron fences, hitching posts and slate sidewalks. About 73 percent of the contributing houses and commercial buildings are Greek Revival, Italianate or Queen Anne, and the Shingle and Colonial Revival styles are also well represented. Greek Revival examples cluster on the lower slope, the earliest part to be densely settled. Two prominent churches stand at Cedar and First Streets: the Romanesque Revival United Methodist church, dedicated in 1894 and designed by Henry G. Tuthill, and Christ Episcopal Church, built in 1893 in the Ecclesiastical Gothic style. The boundary was drawn around the most intact, contiguous historic buildings, leaving out areas of heavily altered older buildings.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Henry G. Tuthill (First United Methodist Church); R. W. Gibson (Christ Episcopal Church)","architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Stick, Shingle, Romanesque, Renaissance, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Tudor Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":[],"status_note":"Primarily residential with some commercial, public and religious buildings; the district has 624 contributing and 100 noncontributing buildings.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:49.973557-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/98000137.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000137/f043ff8043-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000137/f043ff8043-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Stilfehler","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southside_Historic_District.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Stilfehler</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southside_Historic_District.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322009","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southside_Historic_District_(Corning,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7571061"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/steuben-county/southside-historic-district-98000137/"}