Built 1933 Opened 1933 Added to NRHP 16 July 2004 | NRHP Reference # 04000707 Area 3,642 m² | |
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Location SE side of hill, N of Cemetery Rd. off Greenwood St., Canisteo, New York Architect Smith, Harry C.; Childs, Edwin M. Address Cemetery Rd, Canisteo, NY 14823, USA Similar Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountain, Finger Lakes, Barclays Center, Brooklyn Botanic Garden | ||
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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.
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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. Because of deterioration and tree deaths due to the passage of time, the surviving trees were culled in 2016, and a new planting made.
The sign can be seen as an unconventional form of hillside letters.
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