Southside Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1914.

From the record

“Southside Historic District is a national historic district located at Corning, Steuben County, New York. The district encompasses 624 contributing buildings, one contributing site and four contributing objects in a predominantly residential section of Corning.”
Wikipedia article Southside Historic District (Corning, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 63 National Register listings published here for Steuben County · listed in 1998 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

Address. Roughly bounded by NY 17, Chemung St., Spencer Hill, and Washington St., Corning, 14830
When was it listed? February 1998
Category. district
Town. Corning town
National Register reference number. 98000137 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

282 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 282 fires within 5 miles of Southside Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 325 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 36 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	134
Arson/incendiarism	36
Smoking	31
Debris and open burning	31
Equipment and vehicle use	20
Natural	15
Recreation and ceremony	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2006	Smoking	2.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 September 2005	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
28 September 2020	Recreation and ceremony	1.6 acres	New York Forest Rangers	WEST HILL FIRE
28 September 2014	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
24 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.8 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
23 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.8 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
22 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
2 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA

Every fire recorded in Steuben County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Southside Historic District: 3 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Corning Plant	Zirconium	Unknown
Canada Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
East Corning Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
East Corning Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
East Corning Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Rhinehart Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Rhinehart Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Steuben County

Storms near this property

40 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corning, the town this property stands in, in 40 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 26 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Corning	1 hurt	Thunderstorm winds brought trees down. There was also some structural damage to houses from falling trees. Many trees were uprooted at the Corning Country Club where a tree fell onto a tent giving minor injuries to one man. Scoreboards set up for a golf tournament were also damaged. Sheet metal building material was ripped from the canopy of a store.
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Corning	$500,000	no account filed
July 2012	Tornado (EF1)	South Corning	$200,000	Damage began in heavily wooded property along Welch Road west of the community college. The path moved through the South Corning Community College with most of the damage to trees. It moved down the hill impacting trees and property to the east of the community college and moving into South Corning area. Homes and property were impacted along County Route 44 as the tornado moved east. Two silos were damaged and airborne missiles penetrated a house. There was damage to siding, trim/flashing, and porches. A couple sheds were destroyed. Many homes will have to deal with tree removal. Numerous trees came down in a community just south of 44 on Brown Hollow Road. The tornado ended near Murphy Road.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	South Corning	$10,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires.
September 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Corning	$10,000	Trees down countywide. Tree on a car in Corning.
August 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	South Corning	$10,000	A weak cold front crossed the area during the afternoon producing isolated, severe thunderstorms. In Olean, the thunderstorm winds downed a 70-foot willow tree.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Corning	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds led to multiple reports of trees and wires down in and around Corning.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Corning	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees in Corning.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Corning	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree across a road.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	East Corning	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down tree limbs and wires on Timberline Drive.
October 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	East Corning	$5,000	Several trees were blown down and shingle damage occurred at a house east of Corning.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	South Corning	$5,000	Trees were blown down.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	South Corning	$5,000	Numerous trees were blown down around Corning Community College.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	South Corning	$3,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down large trees and wires.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Corning	$3,000	A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in wires being knocked down.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Corning	$2,000	Trees and wires were blown down on State Route 414 and on Spencer Hill Road in South Corning.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Corning	$2,000	no account filed
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Corning	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm winds broke a healthy 40 foot tall Maple tree in half; another large branch down in the street.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Corning	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a house on Reynolds Avenue.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Corning	$1,000	A few trees blew down.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Corning	$1,000	Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Corning	$1,000	Several trees were knocked down in the city of Corning.
March 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Corning	-	Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees in Corning.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Corning	-	Several trees were knocked down.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Corning	-	Large branches and power lines were downed in the city of Corning.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Corning	-	Thunderstorms winds blew large limbs down.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Corning	-	Local newspapers reported trees down from thunderstorm winds in Corning and Painted Post.
June 2013	Hail	South Corning	-	no account filed
June 2013	Hail	South Corning	-	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	Corning	-	no account filed
April 2008	Hail	Corning	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	East Corning	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Corning	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Corning	-	no account filed
August 2008	Hail	Corning	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Corning	-	no account filed
June 2007	Hail	Corning	-	no account filed
July 2007	Hail	South Corning	-	no account filed
August 2007	Hail	Corning	-	no account filed
June 2006	Hail	Corning	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Steuben County

Maps showing this location

9 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

1914 USGS Corning quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
1944 USGS Corning quadrangle1:62500
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1953 USGS Corning quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Corning quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1986 USGS Hornell quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
World War Memorial Library	0.2 miles	1995
US Post Office-Corning	0.3 miles	1988
Market Street Historic District	0.3 miles	1974
Market Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)	0.4 miles	2000
Corning Armory	0.6 miles	2003
Jenning's Tavern	0.9 miles	1973

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 98000137 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Steuben County	All 63 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.