Street Address History:
Earlier street address 79 W Green St.
The city renumbered its streets in 1899 using the hundred block system (see Crandall City Engineering Map, 1899).
Source of Building Data: 1910 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas;
Multi-Family Construction: Duplex with #511 W Green St;
Roof of Main Structure: Shingle;
Additional Sections: Section 1, back (S), 1 story, shingle roof;
Outbuildings: Stable 1, 2 stories, shingle roof (#513 1/2 W Green St);
Porches: Porch 1, front (N) shared with #511 W Green St, 1 story, shingle roof;
Other: Stable 1 sits behind #511 W Green St;
Source: Southside Historic District Proposal, Cynthia Carrington Carter, Emanuel J. Carter Jr. And Dr. Judith Wellman, City of Ithaca Department of Planning and Development, 2005.
511 – 513 West Green Street
79 W Green St
Description:
This is a large, 2-story, clapboard sided residence with a very shallow-pitched hipped roof. An open porch spans the front façade. Its roof is supported by classical columns and the balustrade is made up of square balusters. There is lattice skirting below the porch. A 2-story addition has been constructed on the southeast corner of the building. There is a 1-bay porch in the ell created by the addition. The windows are 2/2 double-hung sash. Dentils decorate the cornice and the window heads.