Benjamin Patterson Inn Museum Complex

CORNING. Preserved structures from days gone by tell the early history of Corning, thanks to this intriguing complex. Visitors are taken around the grounds by costumed guides and instructed about log construction, schoolhouses, blacksmithing, and agriculture. The most prominent feature of the complex is a restored inn that dates to 1796. Saved from destruction by citizen groups, it relates local history through its period furniture and artifacts. It was designed by Charles Williamson; its innkeeper was Benjamin Patterson.