Communities and locations in the Town of Corning
- Corning Community College – A public junior college west of South Corning.
- Corning Manor – A hamlet southeast of Corning city by Interstate 86.
- Denmark Hill – A hamlet and suburban community northeast of Corning city.
- East Corning – A location near the east town line on NY-352.
- French Mill – A hamlet south of Corning on NY-225.
- Gibson – A hamlet southeast of Corning city on the north bank of the Chemung River.
- Narrows Creek – A stream entering the Chemung River by Gibson.
- Post Creek – A stream entering the Chemung River by Corning city.
- Riverside – A village located on NY-415 that borders the city of Corning on its west side.
- South Corning – A village located on NY-225 south of the city of Corning.
Corning Community College
Corning Community College was founded in 1957. Corning Community College opened its doors in September 1958 with eight faculty members and a student body of 118. The new college was led by 32-year-old Dr. William Lee Perry andstarted in a Corning School District building on Chemung Street in Corning, NY. In 1960, it began to look for a new home as it had grown in staff and students.
1960, via a gift of land by Arthur A. Houghton Jr. and a donation from Corning Glass Works Foundation, CCC's new campus on Spencer Hill was begun and classes began in the Fall of 1963 with six academic divisions In 1970, the College added the Nursing Building. In 1975, there were eight academic divisions and the Goff Road building had been added to the College’s facilities. In 1994, there was the addition of the Learning Resource Center, the Business Development Center, and the Eileen Collins Observatory. The College developed into the first regional community college in New York. Unlike other New York community colleges, Corning receives funding from Steuben, Chemung, and Schuyler counties through a chargeback system that provides revenue based on the number of students from each county. By 2000, the College had added the Airport Corporate Park facility, housing automotive and machine tool technology programs, as well as the Planetarium. In 2007, the Academic and Workforce Development Center in Elmira was added. In 2012-2013, CCC built a 3 story residence hall on campus. In 2013-2015, renovations were made to the facilities. In 2017, the Health Education Center was built. Source: CCC Website [History]
Corning Manor Area
There is no history readily available for Corning Manor itself.
The Corning Country Club was established in 1919 and designed by Thomas Winton, a Scottish born greenskeeper who later pursued golf course design. The land that was acquired for the golf course included a farm house. Crystal Lanes has been operated by the Sullivan family since it first opened in May of 1958 by Thomas Sullivan as a 16-lane bowling center. In 1964, eight more lanes were added. A fire destroyed the business in October of 1974. Both the Corning Country Club and Crystal Lanes are in Corning Manor Area.
Denmark Hill
There is no history readily available for Denmark Hill Area.
It appears to be a residential area North of the Lackawania Rail Road Tracks and near Post Creek.
East Corning
There is no history readily available for East Corning Area.
The Guthrie Corning Hospital is a rural hospital in Corning, New York. Planning began in 1893, when a group of local leaders recognized the need for a health care facility in the rapidly growing community. In 1900, a local family agreed to lease their family estate [Stearns House at East First and Chemung Streets] rent-free to the town for three years, to be used as a hospital. Renovation began immediately on the Stearns House, located at East First and Chemung Streets in the City of Corning, and in 1900, Corning Hospital officially opened for patients.
In 2014, ten years after being acquired by Guthrie. In the transition, the hospital built the Guthrie Corning Cancer Center, a physical rehabilitation building, Guthrie HealthWorks Wellness & Fitness Center, and a same day surgicenter in Big Flats, New York.Its Wound Care Center won the 2018 Center of Distinction award from Healogics. Corning Hospital has moved locations and expanded from nine beds into a comprehensive community hospital. First in 1950, and then in 1963 and 1990, the facility underwent major expansion and construction to provide Corning residents the latest in medical technology and services. In 1999, Corning Hospital chose to affiliate with the nationally-recognized Guthrie system, and later in 2004, was officially acquired by Guthrie, based in Sayre, Pa. Prior to 2014, the Hospital was located on Denison Parkway on one side and 1st Street on the other side. In 2014, Guthrie Corning Hospital opened a brand new facility located at One Guthrie Drive in East Corning, N.Y. The facility features 65 private patient rooms including eight intensive care beds; five labor and delivery suites; an advanced 24/7 emergency department with Fast Track services and an on-site helipad; an on-site cancer center with infusion services; expanded surgical options with five state-of-the-art operating suites, two procedure rooms and a dedicated cesarean surgical suite; and expanded outpatient services like laboratory and medical imaging. This two-story, 235,000 square foot facility was designed to meet the needs of the regional community for generations to come. Source: Corning Hospital Website [About]
French Mill Area [Now called The Mill]
French Mill originally was a lumber mill but now is a wood working mill making handmade
French Mill originally was a lumber mill [a facility where logs are cut into lumber] but now is a wood
working mill making handmade pipes. It now has quality and service which have helped make it a supplier of fine,
exotic wood tobacco pipes for more than 33 years.
One early evening, in the Fall of 1969, a young Rutgers University student used the basement workshop in a friend’s house in Bernardsville, New Jersey to make a tobacco pipe from a piece of cherry wood. In January of 1970, along with two partners, he started a business to make tobacco pipes from domestic hardwoods and sell them to stores. The Mill had begun. Shortly after its formation, the business’s owners made a deal with a distributing company in New York City, which gave the Mill enough money to purchase its first table saw. It gave the distributor free Mill pipes until the saw was paid for. The Mill also acquired its very first distributor, who purchased Mill pipes at a discounted price and resold them to stores. From a desire to migrate from the suburbs of New Jersey, where all the owners of the Mill grew up, two of the original owners, as well as a new third partner, decided to purchase land in the country and build their own shop. Since the brother of a friend lived in Corning and worked for Corning Glass Works, the Mill people had a place to stay while exploring real estate in the Corning area. A purchase was made in the spring of 1971 of over 15 acres of land along Ryers Creek in Lindley, New York, a town 10 miles south of Corning. The parcel cost $9, 000.00. The Mill obtained this money by borrowing from the mother of one of its partners. At the time of the purchase there was a small house and a small shed on the flat section of the property, along the creek.
Source [for the whole story]: The Mill Website [Makes Wood Products]
Gibson and Narrows creek Area
No history of Gibson was readily found. It is a residential area.
Post Creek Area
No History of Post Creek Area was found. However, it has been a favorite place to fish for decades. The area has some busineses and residential area.
Riverside Area
In the latter part of the 19th Century the nickname for Riverside was Huckmuck due to flooding during periods of excessive rain. The William Erwin House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and delisted in 1985. The community was devastated in the 1972 "Hurricane Agnes" flood.
Riverside borders the city of Corning on its west side. Riverside has some buisinesses and is also a residential suburban area. Source: wikipedia.org [Riverside]
In 2018, Riverside (Steuben County), NY had a population of 514 people with a median age of 48.2 and a median household income of $44,091. The 5 largest ethnic groups in Riverside (Steuben County), NY are White (Non-Hispanic) (98.1%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (1.56%), Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (0.389%), White (Hispanic) (0%), and Black or African American (Hispanic) (0%). 0% of the households in Riverside (Steuben County), NY speak a non-English language at home as their primary language, and 99.2% of the residents in Riverside (Steuben County), NY are U.S. citizens. Source: dataUSA [Riversde]
South Corning Area
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2), all of it land. The village is near the west bank of the Chemung River and is south of the City of Corning. Bailey Creek flows through the village toward the Chemung River. New York State Route 225 passes through the village. The racial makeup of the village was 90.76% White, 7.24% African American, 0.09% Native American, 1.13% Asian, 0.26% from other races, and 0.52% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.61% of the population. Rick Bonnell, a National Basketball Association writer for the Charlotte Observer, was born and raised in the Village of South Corning. Source: wikipedia.org [South Corning]South Corning's Park Ave has many businesses and most of Hope Cemetery as well as a large residential area with elementary school. Living in South Corning offers residents a suburban rural mix feel and most residents own their homes. Source: niche.com [South Corning]
Town of Corning Schools
- South Corning Elementary School
- The school had grades K-6. It was located on Maple St in between Maple and Elm Sts., South Corning, NY
- School Closed. It currently is used by the the Village of South Corning for their offices and such. Office space in the building is available for rent. The building has the Town of Corning Offices.
- South Corning Elementary students moved to Severn Elementary when the school closed
- Severn Elementary School
- The school [currently open] has Prekindergarten-5.It is at 36 Mcmahon Ave, South Corning, NY
