City Hall – Corning KS

City:
Corning, KS

Site Type:
City and Town Halls, Civic Facilities

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Completed:
1938

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a “rugged, beautiful” city hall in Corning, Kansas. Per an article in The Axtell Standard, “random sizes of stones form a pleasing effect in the walls.” The building bears a 1938 plaque crediting the WPA.

Source notes

Plaque

"Corning Builds City Hall," The Axtell Standard, Feb. 10, 1938 (page 4): https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/343713993/

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 2, 2023.

Location Info

Main St.
Corning, KS 66417

Coordinates: 39.657886, -96.030588

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