Southside Historic District
Why it's listed
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.
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| Styles | Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Stick, Shingle, Romanesque, Renaissance, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Tudor Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture, Social History |
| Acreage | 140 |
| Boundary source | NPS cultural-resource GIS polygon |
| Full listing page | Southside Historic District (property record) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.