Fall Creek Pottery

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Name
Fall Creek Pottery
Address
1 Railroad Ave Ithaca
Year Built
Unknown
Building Type
Commercial
Construction
not specified
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1872 A. G. Bardin Map of Ithaca

McCumber & Tanehill

1888 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas of Ithaca

J. Macumber Pottery - Clay R’M BRS with Wood Shed and Kiln in the back

1889 F. W. Beers Map of Ithaca

Pottery J Macumber

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"Stone Ware. The Subscribers have commenced in the Manufacture of STONE WARE in Ithaca under the firm of J. B. Magee & Co., and will at all times be happy to fill any orders that they may be favored with on very accommodating terms wither at their Pottery at Fall Creek, or at their Office at No. # Clinton Hall. D. T. TILLOTSON, J. B. MAGEE Ithaca Dec. 30, 1852"

"Stone Ware. The Subscribers have commenced in the Manufacture of STONE WARE in Ithaca under the firm of J. B. Magee & Co., and will at all times be happy to fill any orders that they may be favored with on very accommodating terms wither at their Pottery at Fall Creek, or at their Office at No. # Clinton Hall. D. T. TILLOTSON, J. B. MAGEE Ithaca Dec. 30, 1852"

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Macumber & Van Arsdale (James Macumber & I H Van Arsdale), stone ware manufacturer, Ithaca Falls

Binghamton, NY

Macumber & Tannehill (James Macumber & Mathew Tannehill), corner of Lake St and Railroad Ave, Stone Ware Manufacturers

Ithaca Journal Office, Ithaca, NY

“To Lease or Rent
For a single Year
The Pottery at Fall Creek
With all the machinery for conducting the business, will be rented for one or more years, on favorable terms. Enquire of M. Tannehill, post office, New York City, or James Macumber, Fall Creek, Ithaca”

Ithaca Daily Journal, October 15, 1875, 2, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj18751015-01.1.2

Macumber & Tannahill (James Macumber & Mathew Tannahill) Fall Creek Pottery, 1 Railroad Ave

Norton & Conklin Publishers, Ithaca, NY

Macumber & Mood (James Macumber & Linford Mood), stone ware manufacturer, 1 Railroad Ave, corner Lake St.

E. D. Norton, Printer and Publisher, Ithaca, NY

“James Macumber died last evening at his residence in this city, of Bright’s disease, aged 61 years.  The deceased was for many years sole proprietor of the pottery at Fall Cree and carried on to considerable industry, his ware having a sale over a wide area. Mr. Macumber was his own traveling agent, and in that capacity came to have a very comprehensive and accurate knowledge of the country, its people and affair…. He is survived by a widow and one son, Frank….”

“James Macumber, Ithaca Daily Journal, June 23, 1891, 3, accessed October 16, 2025, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj18910623-01.1.3

James Macumber