107-109 S Cayuga St Ithaca
Details
- Address
- 107-109 S Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1940)
- Year Built
- 1940
- Building Type
- Commercial
- Construction
- not specified
Description
In 1940, the new Montgomery Ward Department Store required that the apartments and stores of the Lyceum Building, 105 S Cayuga St and 107 S Cayuga St, be replaced with this new building which extended the Treman King, & Co Building further onto South Cayuga St.
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Tax assessment photograph taken in 1954 for the purposes of government appraisal by Roy Wenzlick & Co. 1954
Add Source/NarrativeSources & Narratives
“With last-minute alterations in progress final plans were being made today for the opening of Ithaca’s new Montgomery Ward store Thursday in the former Treman King building at the corner of State and Cayuga Sts.
The building has been entirely remodeled, with approximately 50 feet added on the south end, making available 29,500 square feet of sales space and 8,700 square feet of stockroom space.
With new indirect and fluorescent lighting throughout and with the latest sales equipment installed, the building is expected to be one of the most modern and efficiently equipped in Ithaca.”
“Montgomery Ward Store Opening Set,” Ithaca Journal, November 6, 1940, 18.
101-111 Montgomery Ward & Co
H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
101-111 Montgomery Ward & Co
H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
101-111 Montgomery Ward & Co (side entrance)
H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
“After 34 years, Montgomery Ward’s is closing its store on the corner of Cayuga and East State streets in downtown Ithaca at year’s end, manager George Petrisin said today….
Montgomery Ward’s opened its store at the site in November, 1940, after remodeling the Treman King building….
The building changed hands several times after Ward’s moved in.
In 1950 Treman King sold the buildings and warehouse at the site to Aver Corp.”
“Downtown Ward’s Store To Close By End of Year,” Ithaca Journal, November 4, 1974, 1.
107-109 S Cayuga St
"Five-story buff brick commercial building divided into two wide vertical sections separated by brick piers; street- level facade retains two period storefronts with display windows set above low brick kneewall and recessed center entrances; upper stories retain rectangular ribbon windows with four side-by-side historic one-over-one sash, continuous concrete sills, and soldiered brick headers; concrete coping at parapet; cornice aligned with adjacent Treman, King and Company Building to the north. Built 1940.
Historical note: Building replaced Lyceum Theatre."
"Five-story buff brick commercial building divided into two wide vertical sections separated by brick piers; street- level facade retains two period storefronts with display windows set above low brick kneewall and recessed center entrances; upper stories retain rectangular ribbon windows with four side-by-side historic one-over-one sash, continuous concrete sills, and soldiered brick headers; concrete coping at parapet; cornice aligned with adjacent Treman, King and Company Building to the north. Built 1940.
Historical note: Building replaced Lyceum Theatre."
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Ithaca Downtown Historic District, December 18, 2004