Poultry Farm, Kline Rd Town of Ithaca
Details
- Name
- Poultry Farm, Kline Rd Town of Ithaca
- Address
- 127 Pleasant Grove Rd Ithaca (as of 1953)
127 Kline Rd Ithaca - Year Built
- Unknown
- Demolished
- 1955 (ca.)
- Building Type
- Residence
- Construction
- not specified
Description
The Cornell Directory of Staff for 1949-50 entry for the Head Poultryman, Richard Mason and the enumeration order for the 1950 census suggests that two poultrymen were living in a structure in the poultry farm, which was on the east side of Kline Road. An aerial photograph from 1954 [https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.201863] shows one structure that is larger than the huts for the chickens. The Cornell Poultry Farm was not listed in any Ithaca City Directory; it is likely that the eggs and chicken were used in the campus dining facilities. 127 has been used here as a house number because it is consistent with numbering on Pleasant Grove Road when numbers were established in 1953.
Structures in the immediate area were demolished and functions moved to other parts of campus around 1960, when the construction of the Hasbrouck Apartments began.
Structures in the immediate area were demolished and functions moved to other parts of campus around 1960, when the construction of the Hasbrouck Apartments began.
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North-up aerial view of Cornell North Campus in 1954. Cornell poultry farm is indicated at upper right, east of Pleasant Grove Road (PGR), showing one larger structure, which is probably where poultrymen lived for the 1950 census, when PGR was called Kline Rd. West of PGR are five barrack-style dormitories installed in 1947 to house veterans and future servicemen. These were known as the "Kline Rd Dorms". At right are Balch Hall and Clara Dickson Hall. 1954
Add Source/NarrativeSources & Narratives
Cornell student apartments to be named after Charles A. Hasbrouck, donor of land.
The Ithaca Journal, Nov 1 1960, P. 3, Col. 1
"The Cornell student apartments now under construction on the east side of Pleasant Grove Rd., between the golf course and Fall Creek gorge, will be named the Hasbrouck Apartments.
-- Land Donated in 1910 --
Charles A. Hasbrouck gave the land to the university in 1910 in memory of his wife, Mary Forbes[sic] Hasbrouck. He died in Pasadena, Calif., Feb. 1, 1910. He received the degree of bachelor of civil engineering in 1884 and the civil engineer degree in 1890.
The two-story, garden-type construction will provide for 246 apartments for Cornell students. The cost of $4,137,000 is being financed through the State Dormitory Authority.
-- Financed by Authority --
Mary Donlon Hall, the new dormitory for women students, is also being financed through the authority. The cost is estimated at $2,750,000.
Four other housing developments at the university-Clara Dickson Hall, University Halls, Pleasant Grove Apartments, and Anna Comstock House-have been financed through the state agency. They were constructed with university funds several years ago."
Note: Charles A. Hasbrouck's mother's maiden name was Fobes, not Forbes.
The Ithaca Journal, Nov 1 1960, P. 3, Col. 1
"The Cornell student apartments now under construction on the east side of Pleasant Grove Rd., between the golf course and Fall Creek gorge, will be named the Hasbrouck Apartments.
-- Land Donated in 1910 --
Charles A. Hasbrouck gave the land to the university in 1910 in memory of his wife, Mary Forbes[sic] Hasbrouck. He died in Pasadena, Calif., Feb. 1, 1910. He received the degree of bachelor of civil engineering in 1884 and the civil engineer degree in 1890.
The two-story, garden-type construction will provide for 246 apartments for Cornell students. The cost of $4,137,000 is being financed through the State Dormitory Authority.
-- Financed by Authority --
Mary Donlon Hall, the new dormitory for women students, is also being financed through the authority. The cost is estimated at $2,750,000.
Four other housing developments at the university-Clara Dickson Hall, University Halls, Pleasant Grove Apartments, and Anna Comstock House-have been financed through the state agency. They were constructed with university funds several years ago."
Note: Charles A. Hasbrouck's mother's maiden name was Fobes, not Forbes.
- Apartments named after donor of land. The Ithaca Journal, Nov 1 1960, P. 3, Col. 1. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ithaca-journal-cornell-student-apart/191580650/]
Resident Household in 1950
| Name | Sex | Age | Relation | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard E Mason | M | 33 | Head | Head Poultryman |
| Lawrence White | M | 20 | Roomer | Poultryman |