Exchange Hotel

Watkins Exchange, E. H. Watkins, proprietor, 18 and 20 W State St

Ithaca Journal Office, Ithaca, NY

Cook's Hotel, Carmi W. Cook, Proprietor-20 and 22 W State St

Norton & Conklin Publishers, Ithaca, NY

Exchange Hotel, Joseph La Point Proprietor-122 W State St

Ithaca, NY

Exchange Hotel, Mrs Cecelia E Otis Proprietor-122-124 W State St

Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY

Multi-Family Construction: ; 
Roof of Main Structure: Non-combustible; 
Additional Sections: Section 1, back (N), 1 story, non-combustible roof; 
Porches: Porch 1, back left (N), 1 story, composition roof; 
Outbuildings: Stable 1, 2 stories, shingle roof with Section 1, front (S), 1 story, composition roof, no access to Stable 1, and Section 2, left (W), 1.5 stories, composition roof with no access to Stable 1, "#122 1/2 W State St, "Open 1st"; 
Other: Main Structure is also numbered #120 W State St / 1910 City Directory lists #122 - #124 W State St as the Exchange Hotel;'

Exchange Hotel, Otis & Powers  (Cecelia E Otis & Richard Powers) Proprietors,-122-124 W State St
Arthur F Head, Barber 

Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY

"The Exchange Hotel which adjoins the new Quick Building, is nearing its centennial mark. It housed the first meeting of the Odd Fellows, 1842, and served them with lodge rooms until 1847 or 1848. It was a strict temperance hotel for about 65 years and did a flourishing stage coach business in early days."

"Famous Americans are Associated with the Early History of Ithaca; Recalled by Removal of Livery," Ithaca Journal-News, June 9, 1924, 7.

"The Exchange Hotel at 124 W State Street is being remodeled for occupancy by a tire and automobile accessory store to be run by John P. Conley, formerly with the William A. Murray Garage on West State Street. Mr. Conley has leased the part of the building formerly used as lobby and office for the hotel from Mrs. Cecelia E. Otis who will continue to maintain rooming accommodations on the second floor and part of the first at 122 [West] State Street..."

"Remodeling Hotel Front for New Store," Ithaca Journal-News, May 3, 1927, 7.

Sullivan & Casterline (Frank J. Sullivan & Kelton R. Casterline), fruits and produce, 126 W State St

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

Vacant-124-126 W State St

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

DeYoung Radio & Television Shop, Bennie DeYoung Proprietor-124-126 W State St

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

"Smoke began seeping beneath the eaves of the two-story, 155-year-old building Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., then spread quickly engulfing the roof and upper floor."

John Yaukey, “Fire Rips Through State St. Building,” Ithaca Journal, August 24, 1995, 1.

Exchange Hotel closed about 1928. 

"Eclectic Hangout Had Memories for Many," The Ithaca Journal, August 24, 1995, 12.

"The oldest wooden commercial structure in Ithaca, the building at 124-126 W. State St. housed two apartments and two businesses--the State Smoke Shop and the calzone shop D.P. Dough. After the fire that gutted the upper stories, the city's building department decided that part of the building had to be torn down and the rest brought up to code."

Lea Setegn, "State St. Fire Fixes Continue," Ithaca Journal, January 9, 1996, 3.