Westminster Hall

Details
Name
Westminster Hall
Address
323 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899)
61 N Tioga St Ithaca
Year Built
1886
Architects
Alfred B. Dale
Building Type
Residence
Construction
3 story Brick structure with Brick lining.
Block Number
54
Description
The Westminster Block, at 321-325 N. Tioga Street, was the dormitory of the Westminster Choir School (temporarily an affiliate) from 1928 to 1931, and thereafter a dormitory for the College until the move to South Hill. 

"Once a residential block, this part of Tioga Street has been converted to public and commercial uses. This 1886 Queen Anne brick and wood row house once served as six homes. Aross the street, on the site of the current Tompkins County Courthouse, were four more row houses. Architect Alfred B. Dle designed the building for General Charles F. Blood, a prominent merchant. Originally, the house had three arched entrances alternating with paired windows. Around 1903 the building was used as an Ithaca College dormitory, and two entrances were closed. Follwing a 1990-91 renovation, the building was restored to residential use." Historic Ithaca, DeWitt Park Historic District and Downtown Ithaca: An Architectural Walking Tour, 10. http://www.historicithaca.org/

1930-Ithaca Conservatory of Music-Westminster Hall, girls' dormitory (Source: 1930 city directory) 
"Westminster Hall is the name that has been given to the former apartment house located at Court and North Tioga Streets which was purchased by the Conservatory early this Summer. ... All women students of the Westminster Choir School will reside in this building which can accommodate 60. The hall is ideally situated for these students who will spend much of their time singing in churches. Within a radius of four blocks there are nine churches in which the new students may be asked to sing.” (Source: “Dining Hall New ‘Dorm’ For Conservatory,” Ithaca Journal-News. October 4, 1929, 5.) 
1940-Ithaca College-Westminster Hall, girls' dormitory (Source: 1940 city directory)
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Tax assessment photograph taken in 1954 for the purposes of government appraisal by Roy Wenzlick & Co.

Tax assessment photograph taken in 1954 for the purposes of government appraisal by Roy Wenzlick & Co. 1954

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Resident Household in 1900
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Frank P SissonM59HeadNone
Eliza H SissonF58WifeNone
William H SissonM26SonDealer
Josephine E SissonF22DaughterNone
Alice M O'NeilF20ServantServant
Resident Household in 1910
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Elizabeth NormanF54HeadDressmaker
Anna NormanF42SisterMilliner
Margaret MosherF17NieceBookkeeper
John MosherM13NephewNone
Catherine MackF76LodgerNone
Bernice WhiteF21LodgerTeacher
Helen GleasonF21LodgerTeacher
Stella StarkF21LodgerTeacher
Resident Household in 1920
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Elizabeth NormanF59HeadNone
John D MosherM23NephewLineman
Kate RiceF60LodgerLeft Blank
Margaret J WestF24LodgerClerk
Resident Household in 1950
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Augusta HylanderF66LodgerHouse Mother
Dinasal L RodriguezF22LodgerNone
Doris M RutgerF17LodgerPantry Girl
Marilyn Z StraussF19LodgerNone
Nancy A JefferyF19LodgerNone
Betty J ShipmanF18LodgerNone
Annette C KellyF19LodgerNone
Mary E WrightF19LodgerNone
Estelle WallaceF21LodgerNone
Eva V NadeauF20LodgerNone
Alverta L LanningF22LodgerNone
Edith M FiskF20LodgerNone
Clara L GrimmF20LodgerNone
Carol J ReynoldsF21LodgerNone
Doris A CainF20LodgerNone
Ethel M FreyF19LodgerNone
Thelma M BjorckF21LodgerWaitress
Jean L BrauerF19LodgerNone
Norma J IrsayF19LodgerNone
Charlotte D BollesF22LodgerNone
Judith E FurmanF20LodgerNone
Joyce E HolmesF19LodgerNone
Sylvia AronoffF21LodgerNone
Patricia A OlichneyF19LodgerNone
Martha J CvejnF22LodgerNone
Barbara P PasternakF19LodgerNone
Darlene LanskyF18LodgerNone