This building was burned but not destroyed in the fire of 1871 (August 28, 1871).
Newspaper articles about the fire in the Ithaca Journal on August 29, 1871, p1 and 2, note this was a three-story stone building with a blacksmith shop on the first floor and a wagon shop on the second.
Address:
From 1864 city directory: no Chauncy Cowdry listed, A.S. Cowdry Carriage and Wagonmakers 5 and 7 S Aurora.
From 1867 city directory: Adam S Cowdry, Carriage Manufacturers, 15 and 17 S Aurora.
From 1870 city directory: A.S. Cowdry, Carriage and Wagon Makers, 15 and 17 S Aurora.
From 1872 city directory: n/a (Howell Girard 15 S Aurora)