Treman, King & Co Building
Details
- Name
- Treman, King & Co Building
- Address
- 101-107 E State St Ithaca (as of 1940)
101-111 S Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1940)
101-107 E State St Ithaca (as of 1922) - Year Built
- 1922
- Architects
- Arthur Gibb, Ornan Waltz
- Building Type
- Commercial
- Construction
- 4 story Brick structure with Brick lining.
Description
The original Treman hardware store started on the corner of State and Cayuga Sts in a three-story wood structure by brothers Leonard and Lafayette Treman in 1844. In 1857, their cousin, Leander King, joined them in the firm, renamed Treman, King & Co. To meet the expanding needs of the business and the growing Village of Ithaca, they built a larger 4-story brick building on the same site in 1878. This building (101, 105, and 107 E State St) was destroyed by a fire in May 1921.
In 1922, Treman, King & Co. built the current building at this location to replace it. Designed by architectural firm, Gibb & Waltz, it cost $160,000. Treman, King & Co. remained in business until 1939. The building was remodeled and extended 50 feet on S Cayuga St, requiring the removal of 105-107 S Cayuga in 1940, to make room for a Montgomery Ward Department Store.
In 1922, Treman, King & Co. built the current building at this location to replace it. Designed by architectural firm, Gibb & Waltz, it cost $160,000. Treman, King & Co. remained in business until 1939. The building was remodeled and extended 50 feet on S Cayuga St, requiring the removal of 105-107 S Cayuga in 1940, to make room for a Montgomery Ward Department Store.
Media (Photos, Videos, Audio Recordings)
Tax assessment photograph taken in 1954 for the purposes of government appraisal by Roy Wenzlick & Co. 1954
Treman, King & Co Aft. 1922
Fire at Treman, King & Co. May 4, 1921
Add Source/NarrativeSources & Narratives
"Fire of unknown origin discovered in the retail hardware store of Treman, King, & Co., at State and Cayuga streets, shortly before 5 o'clock this morning, reduced that large five-story establishment to a mass of charred walls and ruins, and extensively damaged adjacent building blocks, causing a loss that may reach $350,000 or more." This same fire also damaged the Lyceum block on Cayuga St, including its apartments, and the Colonial Building on State St.
"$350,000 Fire Destroys Treman Store, Ravages Adjoining Property; Seven Families Are Made Homeless," Ithaca Journal, May 4, 1921, 5.
Treman King & Co, Retail Hardware, Sporting Goods and Automobile Accessories-101-107 E State St
H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
Treman King bldg 101-107 E State St
Treman King & Co, William Lougher Superintendent
Treman King & Co, William Lougher Superintendent
Rear Treman King & Co, Tin Shop
Peck's Furniture House Inc, Henry W Ackerman Manager, Complete Home Furnishing
H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
“With last-minute alterations in progress final plans were being made today for the opening of Ithaca’s new Montgomery Ward store Thursday in the former Treman King building at the corner of State and Cayuga Sts.
The building has been entirely remodeled, with approximately 50 feet added on the south end, making available 29,500 square feet of sales space and 8,700 square feet of stockroom space.
With new indirect and fluorescent lighting throughout and with the latest sales equipment installed, the building is expected to be one of the most modern and efficiently equipped in Ithaca."
“Montgomery Ward Store Opening Set,” Ithaca Journal, November 6, 1940, 18.
101-107 E State St
Montgomery Ward & Co Department Store
101-111 S Cayuga St
Montgomery Ward & Co
H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
“After 34 years, Montgomery Ward’s is closing its store on the corner of Cayuga and East State streets in downtown Ithaca at year’s end, manager George Petrisin said today….
Montgomery Ward’s opened its store at the site in November, 1940, after remodeling the Treman King building….
The building changed hands several times after Ward’s moved in.
In 1950 Treman King sold the buildings and warehouse at the site to Aver Corp.”
“Downtown Ward’s Store To Close By End of Year,” Ithaca Journal, November 4, 1974, 1.
"Treman, King Hardware stood at the corner of State and Cayuga streets from 1844 until 1934. The three influential Treman brothers were grandsons of Abner Treman, founder of Trumansburg. The existing building, third on the site, was designed in 1922 by Gibb and Waltz. It is a significant example of the modern commercial design developed in Chicago around 1900. On the second, third, and fourth floors are Chicago-style windows, a three-part window consisting of a fixed center sash flanked by two smaller, operable sash windows. This style of window first appeared on Louis Sullivan’s Carson Pine Scott Building, a Chicago department store built in 1894."
Historic Ithaca, DeWitt Park Historic District and Downtown Ithaca: An Architectural Walking Tour, 34.