No.
The Courthouse building in Ultimate Rulership reduces corruption by 1 in the settlement, but in the core Kingdom rules in UCam, corruption only ever seems to go up.
...corruption only ever seems to go up.
Mmmm...verisimilitude.
Maybe no one ever thought to make it possible to drop it? Or left it open for some worthy heroes to deal with?
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Short answer: corruption is hard to get rid of once it's there, and picking buildings that increase it is the price you have to pay for the benefits those buildings provide.
Other answer: ask Jason Nelson (and possibly Sean K Reynolds) why, but I suspect the answer is "none of the buildings should reduce corruption, but the ones that increase it should".
Suggestion: house rule an anti-corruption mechanic. Instead of modifying Unrest, the Royal Enforcer may choose to attempt to modify Corruption in a single settlement in the "Modify Unrest" step of the Upkeep Phase. It uses the same mechanics as the RE's ability to reduce unrest, including the consequences of failure.
Does demolishing the buildings that cause corruption cause the corruption that those buildings created to go away?
The rules are silent on the effect of demolishing buildings on kingdom and settlement statistics.
I would say that the modifiers should be removed, since the thing causing them has been removed.
Black Market, Bureau, Dance Hall and Tavern all have a Settlement line that includes a modifier to Corruption.