521 W Seneca St Ithaca

Details
Address
521 W Seneca St Ithaca
523 W Seneca St Ithaca split off after 1919
Year Built
Unknown
Building Type
Residence
Construction
2 story Wood structure
Block Number
22
Annotations
1910 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas of Ithaca

Childrens Home
To Be D[welling]

1919 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas of Ithaca

521-523 D[welling]

Description
521 W Seneca St was moved from across the street in 1909. It had previously been numbered 518 W Seneca St, one of two buildings used for The Children's Home from the mid-1880s-1909. 521 W Seneca St was turned into a duplex encompassing 521-523 W Seneca St (see 1919 Sanborn). 

Source of Building Data: 1910 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas; 
Multi-Family Construction: ; 
Roof of Main Structure: Composition; 
Additional Sections: Section 1, right (W), 1 story, shingle roof / Section 2, back (S), 1.5 stories, shingle roof; 
Porches: Porch 1, front (N), 1 story, composition roof / Porch 2, front of Section 1, 1 story, shingle roof / Porch 3, left of Section 2 (E), 1 story, composition roof / Porch 4, back (S), 1 story, composition roof; 
Outbuildings: ; 
Other: Sanborn 1910 also numbers as #518 W Seneca St, a vacant lot across the street;

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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 1920
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
William B FitzgeraldM29HeadMachinist
Sarah FitzgeraldF24WifeNone
Anna HigginsF36RoomerBookkeeper
Resident Household in 1930
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Anna D HigginsF45HeadOffice Work
James TerrellM18RoomerClerk
Ernest F PressM36RoomerLocomotive Fireman
George CobbM33RoomerShipping Clerk
Clarence AusmanM34RoomerShipping Clerk
Resident Household in 1940
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Ann HigginsF54HeadBookkeeper
Howard BirchmeyerM26LodgerBarber
Resident Household in 1950
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Anna D HigginsF57HeadSeamstress
George BannonM52RoomerLaundryman
Mark PulleyM34RoomerAircraft Mechanic