Postal Telegraph-Cable Co Building

Postal Telegraph-Cable Co, George K. Parr, Manager

Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY

5 story building in front 1/3. 4 story building in back 2/3s. Building shared with 107 N. Aurora St. as well.

Postal Telegraph-Cable Co, George K. Parr Manager, Telegraph and Telephone Company
Mrs Bertha H Barlow, Hair Dresser 

Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY

Flights Specialty Shop (Robert W. Flight), Women's and Misses' Wearing Apparel 

Mrs. Julia A. Crissey, Hairdresser

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

Nu-Alba Bakery Inc (President William P Moran; Vice-President and General Manager John J Passman) 

Mrs Julia A Crissy, Beauty Parlor

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

105-107 North Aurora St. Historic name: Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.

"Non-contributing five-story, six-bay, beige brick commercial building; altered street-level facade (remodeled late 20th century) has a single storefront with single-story brick piers, smooth stone massing above, large display windows, and two glass door entrances; upper story windows of varying widths contain one-over-one sash, stone lintels and sills, and recessed brick panels underneath windows in the second, third, and fourth stories; corbelled crown molding with denticulated stamped metal cornice between the fourth and fifth stories; fifth story retains six rectangular single-light windows alternating with blue and gold mosaic panels with torches divided by narrow, octagonal columns; a metal guardrail runs along the parapet roofline. Built 1904. 
Architect: Arthur N. Gibb
Historical note: In the mid-twentieth century, the Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. building was converted into a restaurant, and later into the Leonardo Hotel, with extensive alterations to the street-level facade and the interior. This building recently suffered an extensive fire but was completely rebuilt behind its historic facade. Since virtually the entire building is new except for the facade, it is considered noncontributing although it holds its historic place in the streetscape."

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Ithaca Downtown Historic District, December 18, 2004