512 W Green St Ithaca

Street Address History:
Earlier street address 78 W Green St.
The city renumbered its streets in 1899 using the hundred block system (see Crandall City Engineering Map, 1899).

Source of Building Data: 1910 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas;
Duplex with 51;  full front porch one story section on each apt.; 512 1/2 2 story "Storage" building in back of lot

Source: Southside Historic District Proposal, Cynthia Carrington Carter, Emanuel J. Carter Jr. And Dr. Judith Wellman, City of Ithaca Department of Planning and Development, 2005. 
512 – 514 West Green Street 
78 W Green St
Description: 
This is a large, square, 2-family, clapboard sided residence with a hipped roof. There is a large hipped roof dormer centered on the front façade. There are bay windows on the east and west sides of the house. An open porch spans the front façade. Its roof is supported by classical columns, with arched frieze. The balusters are square. Most windows are 1/1 double-hung sash. There are cottage windows on the first floor, front façade.
Established African-American occupancy/ownership during the period of significance: 
At this location – 1870 this was a 1 ½ story, 2-family residence 
1870 census – it appears that Moses Newton and family lived on one side, John Green and his wife Lucy lived on the other