Chronology of conveyance transactions and directory entries confirming the address and location of this property from the time of the 1940 census through 2025
Summary
The property at which Raymond W and Alice H Hicks resided at the time of the 1940 U.S. Census was given the address 608 Hanshaw Rd once house numbers were established for this stretch of Hanshaw Rd.
Deeds and maps referred to are all available from the online database service of the Tompkins County Clerk by clicking the link below, logging in as guest, and searching by Instrument (Document) Number, for example: BF023776-001
- BF023776-001 MAP dated 7/28/1932 of Hampton Terrace Subdivision Map - Portion of Cayuga Heights, made for Chas H Blood. The map is referred to in all the deeds below. The property is identified as Lot 5.
- BF098866-001 DEED Dated 10/26/1935, Recorded 10/30/1935
BLOOD CHARLES H & LOUISE M sold a lot (without house or other improvements) to
HICKS RAYMOND W & ALICE H
- 1940 United States Census lists Raymond and Alice Hicks and two sons as living on Hanshaw Rd.
- 1940 Ithaca City Directory lists Hicks as the only occupied house on Hanshaw Road between Highgate Rd and The Parkway in the Street Directory. Listing in Alphabetic Directory is "Hicks Raymond W (Alice H) v-prin JHS h Hanshaw rd byd Highgate rd RD1".
- BF065557-001 DEED dated and recorded 06/26/1941
HICKS RAYMOND W & ALICE H sold the same lot, now with a house, to
SMITH ARTHUR E & RUTH LINTON
- BF072242-001 DEED dated and recorded 06/16/1947
SMITH ARTHUR EDWARD & RUTH LINTON sold the same property, now known as 608 Hanshaw Road, to
ENSWORTH HERBERT K & KATHERINE G
Note: The Tompkins County Department of Assessment report for 608 Hanshaw Rd identifies the property as having Tax ID 6.-9-3, with a house built in 1940, having 2 stories. The Deed History card identifies the property as "Hampton Terrace Lt. 5" and begins with Herb K. & Kath. Ensworth acquiring the property in 1949. The Dept. of Assessment also provides a copy of a survey map from 1993, amended in 1998.