209 S Albany St Ithaca

Source: Henry St. John Local Historic District Nomination, Sara Johnson and Kristin Olson, Historic Ithaca, Inc., 2012.
Description: 
209 South Albany Street is located on a small, shallow lot on the east side of the street, one lot south of West Green Street. The house and its attached garage occupy the entire width of the lot and are in close proximity to 207-209 West Green Street on the north and 211 South Albany Street on the south, with only paved driveways separating the properties.
It is a small three-bay, two-story wood frame bungalow-type house built in 1927 in a simplified Colonial Revival style. The house is square in plan with center symmetry, a rear addition, and steep side-gabled roof. A shed dormer projects from the roof and covers most of the second story of the west façade. Walls are clad in wood shingles, the foundation is parged masonry, and a brick chimney projects from the northwest section of the roof. A gabled portico with curved underside and substantial brackets covers the front door. Single 1/1 windows are located on each side of the door. On the north façade, single 1/1 windows are spaced evenly across the first story and a pair of 1/1 windows is in the gable end. An attached one-bay garage is located at the southeast corner of the house near a secondary entrance on the south façade. The garage has a single overhead door and is connected to the house by a shed roof. A narrow concrete driveway runs from the garage to the street.
Significance: 
Contributing. Architecturally significant. Garage contributing and architecturally significant.
209 South Albany Street is architecturally significant as an example of a modest bungalow-type house executed in the Colonial Revival style. Its original form and massing are intact. The replacement of the original 6/1 and 8/1 windows with 1/1 windows does not have a significant impact on the integrity of the building. The garage was built at the same time as the house and is architecturally significant as an early automobile garage constructed at the same time as the house.
The house was constructed in 1927 for Leroy J. and Pearl Stevens, who purchased the property from Charles Gay. Gay subdivided his 211 South Albany Street lot to create the parcel. Leroy Stevens, who was in the taxicab and real estate business, sold the property to Isadore and Sydelle Lewis in 1930. Sydelle Lewis owned the Morris Lewis clothing store on South Cayuga Street and owned 209 South Albany Street until 1953.
Sources: 
Levine, Jeffrey. Building-Structure Inventory Form for 209 South Albany Street. Ithaca, NY: 1987. Historic Ithaca, Ithaca, Inc., NY. 
Tompkins County Department of Assessment. Tompkins County tax assessment photographs, 1954. Historic Ithaca, Inc., Ithaca, NY. 
Tompkins County, NY. Deeds and survey maps, 1850-2010. Office of the Tompkins County Clerk, Ithaca, NY.