George Small's Lumber Yard and Planing Mill / Star Theater / J B Lang Engine and Garage Co

VAN HOUTER & SMALL (C. Van Houter & G. Small), lumber yard, Tioga head of Green

Ithaca Journal Directory Printing House, Ithaca, NY

SMALL & GENUNG, (George Small, Richard B. Genung), lumber, 19 and 21 S Tioga

Norton & Conklin, Publishers, Ithaca, NY

SMALL & GENUNG, (George Small. & Richard B. Genung), lumber, 21 S Tioga, office Green c. Tioga

Norton & Conklin Publishers, Ithaca, NY

GEORGE SMALL, lumber yard and planing mill, 31 and 33  E Green, h 43 S Geneva

Auburnian Steam Press, Auburn, NY

"George Small will furnish steam power to run the dynamo for the electric street railway. The papers were drawn to-day."

"Town Talk," Ithaca Daily Journal, October 7, 1887, 3, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj18871007-01.1.3

"George Small will put a new boiler in his planing mill in order to have more power for his business and the dynamo for the street railway."

"Town Talk," Ithaca Daily Journal, November 11, 1887, 3, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj18871111-01.1.3

George Small, lumber yard and planing mill, lime, brick, cement, etc., 131-139 E Green, home 225 S Geneva St. 

Helen M Elliott, cigar box manufacturer, 135 E Green St

Ithaca, NY

GEORGE SMALL, lumber yard and planing mill, c. Green and Tioga

Helen M Elliott, cigar box manufacturer, 31 E Green St

E. D. Norton, Printer and Publisher, Ithaca, NY

  "By the signing of papers this afternoon, Edgar H. Bucklin became an equal partner with George Small, in the lumber and planing mill business, at the corner of Tioga and Green streets, which Mr. Small has conducted alone for the past thirty years.
  In the future this business will be conducted under the firm name of Small & Bucklin...
  Mr. Bucklin enters his new position with some experience in the lumber business which he acquired with his father who was a lumber merchant in New Hampshire, during Mr. Bucklin's younger days. Of late years. Mr. Bucklin has been interested in the salt business. While living in Warsaw he became interested in a salt plant in Ithaca. This was in 1895. The following year he came to Ithaca and has since lived here..."

"A New Business Firm: Edgar H. Bucklin and George Small Enter Into Partnership," Ithaca Daily Journal, February 11, 1903, 6, accessed April 28, 2026, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj19030211-01.1.6

"E.H. Bucklin, of the lumber firm of Small & Bucklin, left today for California, Oregon and British Columbia, in the interests of the large lumber deal, which will, later in the season, cause the removal of both George Small and Mr. Bucklin to the Pacific coast. These gentlemen own 20,000 acres of the choiest timber in the vicinity of Vancouver and Westminster in the Province of British Columbia, and are planning to market the lumber to be secured from it."

"Personal," Ithaca Daily Journal, April 30, 1904, 5, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj19040430-01.1.5

  "Definite plans for the construction of the new Star Theater were made public today and it is probable that work will be commenced next week on the re-construction of the building in which it is to be located. It is hoped by the management to have the theater completed for opening by October 1st.
  A lease was signed yesterday by the Star Theater Company for the rental of the Small Mill property at the corner of Green and South Tioga streets, of Driscoll Brothers & Company, for a terms of years. The first floor of the present building will be remodeled and used as the auditorium.
  The whole structure will be improved in appearance and the exterior made as attractive as possible. The basement will be excavated to permit a slanting floor to be made, which will be furnished with new opera chairs and have a seating capacity of about six hundred.
  The stage will be enclosed in an addition in the rear and will be fitted with new scenery and the necessary equipment. The building will be supplied with a large number of exits to insure the utmost safety of its patrons.
  The entertainment will be devoted to vaudeville and moving picture and a man well acquainted with the show business will be placed in charge by the lesees. The theater will be operated all the year. A large and attractive electric sign will be placed on the corner of the building in a position which can be seen from Tioga and State streets. It will be fifteen feet long with the word 'Theater' in large electric lights crowned by a large star.
  The officers of the company have been elected as follows: President and manager, Fred B. Howe; vice-president, Frank Grant; secretary and treasurer, John B. Howe."

"New Amusement Place Assured: Star Theater Co. Leases Small Mill property," Ithaca Daily Journal, August 6, 1908, 3, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj19080806-01.1.3

“Miss Elliott, who has for many years conducted a cigar box factory at 131 East Green street, is going to move to the floor above the Star Theater. The building she now occupies will be torn down and the ground graded, making a west side exit from the theater.” 

Ithaca Daily Journal, February 3, 1909, 6, accessed March 13, 2026, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj19090203-01.1.6 

“The cigar-box manufactory which for the last six months has been conducted by Charles W. Scott in the Star Theater building has been sold to D. E. Palmer and possession given. Mr. Palmer is a woodworker by trade. Mr. Scott, who retires on account of ill health was for 35 years employed by the wholesale firm of D. B. Stewart & Co.”

“Box Factory Changes Hands,” Ithaca Daily News, April 17, 1911, 2. 

"J. W. Hook, a well known produce merchant, yesterday completed arrangements for the purchase of the old Billiken Theater property at East Green and Tioga streets from Driscoll Brothers & Co. He will take possession on April 1. Mr. Hook said he intended to use the property in his business."

"Hook Buys Old Theater Property," Ithaca Journal, February 24, 1917, 3.

  "On behalf of a client, whose name is withheld, James R. Robinson this morning purchased the old Billiken Theater property at Tioga and Green streets from J. W. Hook. Mr. Robinson has given a long-term lease on the property to the J. B. Lang Engine and Garage Company, which will use it for commercial purposes.
  The old theater building has been used for several years as a warehouse by Rothschild Brothers. It covers a territory of approximately 66 feet frontage and 200 feet depth.
  The Lang company plans to remodel the three-story brick building into attractive show rooms for automobile purposes, intending to improve the corner by installing spacious plate glass show windows. It also is the intention of the lessees to erect an addition to the building for use as an annex to their present garage which adjoins it on the west."

"J. R. Robinson Buys Green Street Property for Anonymous Client," Ithaca Journal, May 18, 1921, 5.

J B Lang Engine and Garage Co (Inc), foundry and machine shop, engines, agricultural implements, automobiles, repairs and garage 117-133 E Green and farm machinery 117 E Green, pres, Ernest D. Button; v-pres, Bessie G. Button; sec-treas, Willam H. Morrison

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

  "Cayuga Motors, a recently organized $25,000 corporation, announced today the opening of its Ford agency Saturday at Green and Tioga Sts.
   Officers of the corporation are Robert E. Treman, president, Verna A. Fogg, vicepresident, Henry P. Smith, 3rd, secretary, and Wallace F. Irving, treasurer.
  The company's quarters in the Lang building have been completely remodeled along colonial lines to provide, according to factory representatives, 'one of the finest showrooms in the state.' Saturday's opening will be featured by demonstrations and the showing of films depicting the manufacture and assembly of auromobiles.
  Others who will be associated with Cayuga Hotors [Motors] are John W. Hines, one of the founders of the HCT Motor Company, who will direct a sales force of which Wilmot A. Churchill, Frank Turner, Frank Williams, Frederick S. Brown, Emmons L. Ogden is in charge of service...."

"Ford Agency to Open," Ithaca Journal, May 12, 1938, 5.

Cayuga Motors Corp 131 E Green St, Ford, Mercury and Lincoln Zephyr agents 

used cars 730 W Court St pres R E Treman, v-pres Verne A Fogg, sec Henry P Smith 3rd, treas Wallace F Irving

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

Cayuga Motors Corp 131 E Green St, Ford, Mercury and Lincoln Zephyr agents 

used cars 730 W Court St pres R E Treman, v-pres Verne A Fogg, sec Henry P Smith 3rd, treas Wallace F Irving

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

Lang's Garage (proprietor J B Lang Engine and Garage Co), complete auto service and accessories, Studebaker cars & service, 131-135 E Green St

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

The J B Lang Engine & Garage Co, 131-135 E Green St

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

Alcor Inc pres-treas Max Mattis records, recording equipment 133 E Green St

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

  “[Arthur C.] Stallman is confident he'll make the Sept. 15 evacuation deadline set for his structure on 208 S. Tioga St. by Supreme Court Justice Joseph Molinari. The city wants to take possession at that date, demolish it, and begin construction of an approximately 280-space city parking lot next to the first Urban Renewal project, the $1 million-plus Woolworth Department Store."

Jerry Langson, "Stallman Moves Again," Ithaca Journal, August 29, 1967, 11.