309 S Plain St Ithaca

Earlier street address 45 S Plain St.
The city renumbered its streets in 1899 using the hundred block system (see Crandall 1899 City Engineering Map).

Source of Building Data: 1910 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas;
Multi-Family Construction: ; 
Roof of Main Structure: Shingle; 
Additional Sections: Section 1, back left (EN), 1 story, shingle roof / Section 2, back right (ES), 1 story, shingle roof / Section 3, back of Section 2 (E), 1 story, shingle roof; 
Porches: Porch 1, front (W), 1 story, shingle roof / Porch 2, left full length of main structure (N), 1 story, shingle roof; 
Outbuildings: ; 
Other: On Sanborn 1910 but not in Census. In City Directory inhabited by Holleran --who is on N Albany in Census. Perhaps just built;

Source: Southside Historic District Proposal, Cynthia Carrington Carter, Emanuel J. Carter Jr. And Dr. Judith Wellman, City of Ithaca Department of Planning and Development, 2005. 
309 South Plain Street

Description: 
This is a 2-story, 3-bay, clapboard sided residence with a front facing gabled roof. An open porch spans the front façade. It has a paneled and spindled balustrade. Its roof is supported by square posts with brackets. There is a spindled frieze. There is a second porch on the north side of the house. The windows are 1/1 double-hung sash.

Established African-American occupancy/ownership during the period of significance: 
1866 – George Guinn, owner, served 26th USCT Co. B 
1866 – Henry Guinn (Wm Henry, George’s son) 
1872 – John Williams, boarder