Corning was one of the larger towns in the Little Cities of the Black Diamonds region. Unfortunately, less than half of the town center remains today. An entire block resembling Shawnee is gone and a large hotel and 3-story brick block burnt in recent decades. The town was platted in 1879 by Joseph Rogers just after the completion of a railroad from Columbus was finally completed.

 

 

 

The remains...

 

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Wow.

The old photos are essential in this thread; from the remnants it wouldn't be possible for most people to comprehend what a thriving place this once was.

Nice photos, Ink. Looks like Shawnee's Victorian era signature upstairs balcony porches were just as common at one time in Corning. While there's still something left to see in Shawnee, apparently only archival photos remain to show what was once in Corning. Sad...

Nice photos, Ink. Looks like Shawnee's Victorian era signature upstairs balcony porches were just as common at one time in Corning. While there's still something left to see in Shawnee, apparently only archival photos remain to show what was once in Corning. Sad...

 

Exactly.

I was hoping you got Corning! It's really staggering just how fast the boom and bust transpired in the region. I'm sure I'm not the only one getting an itch to take a tour of the Black Diamond region. Just fascinating stuff.

I was hoping you got Corning! It's really staggering just how fast the boom and bust transpired in the region. I'm sure I'm not the only one getting an itch to take a tour of the Black Diamond region. Just fascinating stuff.

 

Sure. I've been to many of the towns and I'm still planning another trip soon. It is surreal.

I was hoping you got Corning! It's really staggering just how fast the boom and bust transpired in the region. I'm sure I'm not the only one getting an itch to take a tour of the Black Diamond region. Just fascinating stuff.

 

Sure. I've been to many of the towns and I'm still planning another trip soon. It is surreal.

 

What led you to be so fascinated by small towns and rural places.

I was hoping you got Corning! It's really staggering just how fast the boom and bust transpired in the region. I'm sure I'm not the only one getting an itch to take a tour of the Black Diamond region. Just fascinating stuff.

 

Sure. I've been to many of the towns and I'm still planning another trip soon. It is surreal.

 

What led you to be so fascinated by small towns and rural places.

 

www.urbanohio.com

hard to believe this stuff is in Ohio. Makes you think of somewhere out west...

 

  Ohio was the west once.

^... and it was wild, too.

 

Still is, in some places.

I think rural blight is just as wrong as urban blight.