Hi everyone, here are the Local History Photos of the Week!

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Local History & Newspaper blog posts are published on Fridays; and the next post will be up on Friday, May 24, 2024.

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Local History Photo 1: The Kennedy Hotel, Corning, N.Y. (c. 1890)

According to the 1893 City of Corning Directory, the Kennedy Hotel was located on Erie Avenue, the street today known as Denison Parkway.

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Local History Photo 2: The German Church, Corning, N.Y. (c. 1900)

The 1903 City of Corning Directory tells us that the “German Church” was actually called “German Evangelical Lutheran Church.” In 1903 the congregation was holding services in the former Episcopal Church located on the corner of Erie Avenue (Denison Parkway) and Walnut Street.

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Local History Photo 3: Greig Dry Goods Store, Corning, N.Y. (c. late 1800s)

According to the 1901 City of Corning Directory, The Grieg Dry Goods Store was located on the block 21 – 23 East Market Street.

The dry good store is long gone; but the building is still there!

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A Glimpse of Local Life: A Hundred Years Ago!

Here is an entire issue of The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. published on this day in 1924.

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The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. | May 17, 1924

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From The Corning City Directories

While doing local history research earlier today, I came across two neat entries and thought I’d share them.

In fact, I have a feeling that information from the city directories in the library’s collection will be of interest to local history & genealogy fans out there – so I’m going to add a new section to this weekly blog post featuring at least one photo of an item found in one of our city directories. And in the future, I’ll make sure I don’t take a photo of my fingers while I’m doing so!

For this week though, we have two photos:

1. Our first City Directory Photo is from the 1931 City of Corning Directory and features a sketch and description of Corning’s “Newest Hotel.” The hotel, being the Baron Steuben Hotel which, although not currently used as a hotel, still stands on Market Street in Corning.

2. Our second City Directory item for this week is a brief & cool history of Corning found on page 9 of the 1936 City of Corning Directory.

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Have a great weekend everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Local History Online Library Resources:

Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:

https://www.ssclibrary.org/research/online-resources/

Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org

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Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Library Local History/Creation Station Resources:
At the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album.

Also of note, we have local papers including the Corning Leader, Corning Evening Leader, Corning Journal and Corning Daily Journal, on microfilm from 1840 to the present — so you can visit the library and research local history and your family tree if you wish!