521 W Green St Ithaca

Street Address History:
Earlier street address 87 W Green St.
The city renumbered its streets in 1899 using the hundred block system (see Crandall City Engineering Map, 1893, revised 1902).
This building was initially numbered 523 W Green St in 1899, but was renumbered 521 W Green by 1901. See the street directory sections of the 1898-99, 1899, and 1901 city directories.

Source of Building Data: 1910 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas;
Multi-Family Construction: ; 
Roof of Main Structure: Shingle; 
Additional Sections: ; 
Outbuildings: Outbuilding 1, 1 story, composition roof; 
Porches: Porch 1, front (N), 1 story, shingle roof / Porch 2, back (S), 1 story, shingle roof; 
Other: ;

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. 
521 West Green Street 
87 W Green St
Description: 
This is a 2-story, 3-bay, asbestos shingled residence with a front facing gable. An open porch spans the front façade. Its roof is supported by turned posts with brackets. The balustrade is closed. There is an open exterior stairway on the east side of the house. The windows are 1/1 double-hung sash. The 1898 Sanborn map indicates that this house was being built at the time the map was drawn.
Established African-American occupancy/ownership during the period of significance: 
1925 – James Taylor, janitor 
At this location 
1883 – William Brown 
1872 – Rev. Baszil MacKall (87 West Green Street) 
1872 – Wm. H. MacKall, laborer – boarder 
1866 – Rev. McCall, owner - appears in 1870 census records also a “Machall”