Esty's Tannery

“...in 1823…[Joseph Esty] purchase[d] of Simeon De Witt the lot at the corner of Tioga and Green streets, where erected a large tannery, sinking forty pits in the ground. From 1840 to 1845 Alexander Hart was partner in the business, and from that date until 1852 the firm was Joseph Esty & Son. This was succeeded by his son, Edward S. Esty…

  The tannery was burned in 1871, but was rebuilt on a much larger scale in the western part of the village, and the firm was long in the front rank of the business men of the place. The capacity of the tannery was 50,000 sides of sole leather annually. The firm also operated two other tanneries, one at Candor and one at Cattatonk, in Tioga county. The whole tanning interest was sold out to the United States Leather Company of New York, and Clarence H. and Albert H. Esty are managers of the industry for that company.”

John H. Selkreg ed., Landmarks of Tompkins County, New York, 1894, 178.

Edward S Esty tannery corner S Tioga and Green Sts, leather and findings 58 E State St, home 26 N Geneva St

Ithaca Journal Office, Ithaca, NY

"The demolition of E. S. Esty's old tannery buildings on the corer of Tioga and Green streets is proceeding rapidly. Workmen commenced removing the large roof on Saturday last, which is cut up in sections to be used as covers for the bark piles on the new grounds at the Inlet. One of the workmen, Mr. T. Daley, in the employ of Mr. Esty, has worked for him and his father, Mr. Joseph Esty, upon the same grounds, for 35 years."

Ithaca Journal, August 22, 1871, 1, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=tij18710822-01.1.1