Canisteo Living Sign

Canisteo Living Sign
Canisteo Living Sign, September 2012
Location SE side of hill, N of Cemetery Rd. off Greenwood St., Canisteo, New York
Coordinates 42°15′59″N 77°36′53″W / 42.26639°N 77.61472°W / 42.26639; -77.61472Coordinates: 42°15′59″N 77°36′53″W / 42.26639°N 77.61472°W / 42.26639; -77.61472
Area less than one acre
Built 1933
Architect Smith, Harry C.; Childs, Edwin M.
NRHP reference # 04000707[1]
Added to NRHP July 16, 2004

The Canisteo Living Sign is a historic civic project that also served as a navigational aid, located at Canisteo in Steuben County, New York. The sign consists of a set of 260 pine trees that spell out the name "Canisteo." They occupy a space approximately 90 feet long and 300 feet wide. The sign was originally laid out in 1933.[2] The sign was cleared in April of 2016 and subsequently replanted beginning in May of 2016 due to a number of dead and dying trees. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]

The sign can be seen as an unconventional form of hillside letters.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Virginia L. Bartos (February 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Canisteo Living Sign". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-10-31. See also: "Accompanying photo".
  3. ↑ Tribune, Al Bruce The Evening. "Living Landmark Renewed in Canisteo". The Evening Tribune. Retrieved 2018-06-11.


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