“Details of the Ithaca Savings and Loan Assn’s downtown building plans were announced today by President Haines W. Cole.
A two-story building of steel, concrete and glass will be erected at the northwest corner of Tioga and Buffalo Sts. on the site now occupied by Williams Hall, a former Ithaca College dormitory. …
The Ithaca Savings and Loan Assn.’s present location at 301-305 E. State St. is in a clearance area for Project 1 of Urban Renewal.
The Association has acquired Williams Hall from Ithaca College and the adjoining property at 306 N. Tioga St. from Mrs. Christine Mazza. …
The new building, designed by the Ithaca architectural form of Holt & Downing, will face Tioga St. and have 12 off-street parking spaces at the rear. …
This will be the third location of the Ithaca Savings and Loan Assn., which was established here in 1915 and had its first office at 120 W. State St.
In 1926 the association purchased its present building at State and Aurora Sts., operating from second floor offices until 1931, when the building was remodeled and ground floor banking offices were provided. Subsequent growth of the association led to acquisition of the adjoining property at 305 E. State St. in 1954. …”
Elizabeth Rogers, "Savings and Loan Construction Timetable Is Set," Ithaca Journal, July 29, 1966, 9.