225 S Albany St Ithaca

Year built from Tompkins County Department of Assessment.

Source: Henry St. John Local Historic District Nomination, Sara Johnson and Kristin Olson, Historic Ithaca, Inc., 2012.
Description:
225 South Albany Street is located on the east side of the street slightly north of West Clinton Street. The two-and-a-half story frame house was constructed ca. 1888 and may have originally been executed in the Queen Anne style or a Victorian vernacular style, though alterations have given it a more of a Colonial Revival appearance. It has a front-gabled roof with a slightly lower cross gable projection on the north and a single gable dormer on the south. Walls are clad in clapboard with shingles in the gables and a wide cornice. Windows are generally 1/1. The foundation is stone on north façade and concrete block on the south façade.
The primary, west, façade is covered by a full-width double deck porch supported by simple square posts. On both the first and second stories, there is a single-width entryway near the north corner and a large 6/1 picture window centered in the wall. There is a triple window in the gable and vergeboards have curved ends. A tall brick chimney extends up the south façade near the west corner. Windows are paired and regularly spaced across the south façade.
A paved driveway runs along the south side of the house, terminating at a small, one-story, single-bay, gable-roofed garage. The garage, built between 1910 and 1919, is clad is clapboard with wood corner boards and shingles on the gable end. It has a pair of double doors and a four-light window under the gable.
Significance:
Contributing. Architecturally significant. Garage contributing and architecturally significant.
225 South Albany Street is architecturally significant as an early twentieth century adaptation of a Victorian style residence, apparently remodeled from a single-family house to flat-style apartments. It appears that the house was originally built in cross-gabled Queen Anne style, but alterations have removed many original exterior details, giving the house a more Colonial Revival-style appearance consistent with its 1920s renovation. The small garage is architecturally significant and retains a high level of integrity. It was one of the earliest automobile garages in the district, built between 1910 and 1919.
The property was originally part of a lot that extended from Geneva to Albany Street on lot 29 of the lots laid by Simeon DeWitt south of Green Street. John Northrup owned the property from 1852 to 1888, living on the east end of the lot at 224 South Geneva Street. In 1888, Northrup sold the property to Eliza Whitney, reserving the right to carry a storm water drain over the property from his house.
Alterations:
The house appears on the 1888 Sanborn company map as a two-story house with a full-width front porch and projections to the north and south, indicating that it was originally cross gabled. The 1898 map shows a full-width porch added to the east façade. The 1904 map indicates a small addition on the south cross gable projection. Between 1919 and 1929, the south projections and east porch were removed, resulting in the plan extant today.
The garage was built between 1910 and 1919, earlier than many other garages in the district. It retains its original exterior finishes and a high level of architectural integrity.
Sources:
Ithaca directories, 1864-1981. Historic Ithaca, Inc., Ithaca, NY.
Sanborn Map Company. Ithaca, NY fire insurance maps, 1888-1961.The History Center In Tompkins County, Ithaca, 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.

Source of Building Data: 1910 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas; 
Multi-Family Construction: ; 
Roof of Main Structure: Shingle; 
Additional Sections: ; 
Outbuildings: Outbuilding 1, 1 story, composition roof; 
Porches: Porch 1, front (W), 1 story, shingle roof / Porch 2, back (E), 2 stories, shingle roof; 
Other: Bay 1, right side (S) / Bay 2, on Bay 1 (S);