The Corning Building

Specialties

Home Improvement Center… Windows & Doors, Kitchen & Bath Design and Cabinetry, Major Appliances, Full Service Lumber Yard, Computerized Paint Match, Lawn & Garden, Roofing & Siding, Glass Cutting & Screen Repair, Outdoor living, Plumbing, Electrical & Tools for every need.



Local Business that has been serving the community since 1848! «Nobody Does It Better!»

Delivery within 50 mile radius from store. Store Charge Accounts available.

History

Established in 1848.

Our timeline

* 1848 Walker & Turner Hardware is founded by Charles C.B. Walker and Horace Turner.

* 1857 Walker buys out Turner, forming the Walker Company.

* 1865 Walker takes on Austin Lathrop as partner, expanding into lumber business as Walker & Lathrop.

* 1872 Fire destroys Mill Street Planning Mill; Walker & Lathrop buys competitor’s mill on Tioga Avenue and Cedar Street.

* 1879 Telephone line is placed from Walker & Lathrop Store to their planning mill, one block east.

* 1884 Fire destroys Walker and Lathrop’s Cedar Street mill; larger one built.

* 1888 Walker dies and his widow, Maria D. Walker, takes control of the Walker Company.

* 1891 Walker’s sons-​in-​law, C. Glen Cole and James A. Drake, take over management.

* 1894 Cole and Drake buy company, renaming it Drake and Company.

* 1903 Drake and Company builds Corning Court House.

* 1905 The company is incorporated as Corning Building Company, with Cole named president and William T. Smith na