White Building/ Ag Research Building
Details
- Name
- White Building/ Ag Research Building
- Address
- 306 E State St Ithaca (as of 1915)
- Year Built
- 1915
- Demolished
- 1989
- Building Type
- Commercial
- Construction
- not specified
Description
The Burns Blacksmith Shop was replaced in 1915 with a new building at 306-308 E State St built for the White Photography Studio.
In 1942 Roy H. Park's Agricultural Advertising and Research Inc. purchased the White Building.
In 1989 306-308 E State St was destroyed by fire. It was replaced by the Roy H. Park Building in 1992.
In 1942 Roy H. Park's Agricultural Advertising and Research Inc. purchased the White Building.
In 1989 306-308 E State St was destroyed by fire. It was replaced by the Roy H. Park Building in 1992.
Media (Photos, Videos, Audio Recordings)
Tax assessment photograph taken in 1954 for the purposes of government appraisal by Roy Wenzlick & Co. 1954
Add Source/NarrativeSources & Narratives
"One of Ithaca's oldest buildings, the Burns blacksmith shop in East State street, next to the Wanzer & Howell black, was this morning sold through the agency of the Ithaca Realty Company to L.S. White of New York City, a well-known photographer, who will take possession May 15 and immediately will start the construction of a three story modern fire-proof business block for the establishment of a photography business.
With the tearing down of the old shop Ithaca will lose one of the last of its old landmarks, the age of which is estimated at from seventy-five to one hundred years.
Before the structure was bought by the Burns Brothers, Julius Casterline was the proprietor, and before that it was owned by a partnership of which Casterline was a member. Beyond that old residents are unable to remember, but they know that the barn-like structure had existed indefinitely and probably dates back to the war of 1812.
Business men of the city are highly gratified at the change which will mean the substitution of a new, modern business block for an old, tumbled down shack which has worried members of the Ithaca Civic Improvement Association and those in sympathy with the betterment of the city.
The ground floor will contain two nice stores and the upper floors will be arranged for the very last word in photograph establishment, with a direct northern light and the latest skylights and all the finest apparatus to be found in the world, which will make this branch studio of the White's one of the best in the country.
The White Studios are doing an enormous business with college, schools, fraternities and clubs' work.... It is understood that the White Studio Co. is one of the largest in this line of business..."
With the tearing down of the old shop Ithaca will lose one of the last of its old landmarks, the age of which is estimated at from seventy-five to one hundred years.
Before the structure was bought by the Burns Brothers, Julius Casterline was the proprietor, and before that it was owned by a partnership of which Casterline was a member. Beyond that old residents are unable to remember, but they know that the barn-like structure had existed indefinitely and probably dates back to the war of 1812.
Business men of the city are highly gratified at the change which will mean the substitution of a new, modern business block for an old, tumbled down shack which has worried members of the Ithaca Civic Improvement Association and those in sympathy with the betterment of the city.
The ground floor will contain two nice stores and the upper floors will be arranged for the very last word in photograph establishment, with a direct northern light and the latest skylights and all the finest apparatus to be found in the world, which will make this branch studio of the White's one of the best in the country.
The White Studios are doing an enormous business with college, schools, fraternities and clubs' work.... It is understood that the White Studio Co. is one of the largest in this line of business..."
"Old State Street Landmark Sold: New York Photographer to Erect Modern Business Block," Ithaca Journal, April 13, 1915, 7.
"Purchase of the three-story White Studio Building at 306-08 E State St from the Tompkins County Trust Company by Agricultural Research Inc. was announced today by Roy H. Park, president....
In addition to the advertising agency the building will also provide office space for Agricultural News Service and for the Co-operative Digest, a monthly magazine now published in Ithaca that goes to leaders of Co-operative in every state and in foreign countries.
Park brought the news service and the Co-operative Digest with him from Raleigh, N.C., when he came here on Apr. 1 to take over controlling interest and active management of the agency....
"'Ithaca,' said Park, 'is a logical place for an agent such as ours. With Cornell University, the GLF and the American Agriculturist located here, it is a fountainhead of agricultural information."
In addition to the advertising agency the building will also provide office space for Agricultural News Service and for the Co-operative Digest, a monthly magazine now published in Ithaca that goes to leaders of Co-operative in every state and in foreign countries.
Park brought the news service and the Co-operative Digest with him from Raleigh, N.C., when he came here on Apr. 1 to take over controlling interest and active management of the agency....
"'Ithaca,' said Park, 'is a logical place for an agent such as ours. With Cornell University, the GLF and the American Agriculturist located here, it is a fountainhead of agricultural information."
"Advertising Agency Buys Building," Ithaca Journal, August 6, 1942, 4.
1942
Ag Research Building, 306 E State.
1949 Ithaca Directory
1949