“...in 1823…[Joseph Esty] purchase[d] of Simeon De Witt the lot at the corner of Tioga and Green streets, where erected a large tannery, sinking forty pits in the ground. From 1840 to 1845 Alexander Hart was partner in the business, and from that date until 1852 the firm was Joseph Esty & Son. This was succeeded by his son, Edward S. Esty…
The tannery was burned in 1871, but was rebuilt on a much larger scale in the western part of the village, and the firm was long in the front rank of the business men of the place. The capacity of the tannery was 50,000 sides of sole leather annually. The firm also operated two other tanneries, one at Candor and one at Cattatonk, in Tioga county. The whole tanning interest was sold out to the United States Leather Company of New York, and Clarence H. and Albert H. Esty are managers of the industry for that company.”