Osborn Block

A. Phillips and Son, (Albert Phillips & Albert H. Phillips) Merchant Tailors and Dealers in Gents’ Furnishing Goods

William H. Hammond, Plumber (Basement)

Ithaca Journal Office, Ithaca, NY

John E. McIntosh, Restaurant, home same

James Conner, Clerk

Michael Dunn, Porter

Norton & Conklin Publishers, Ithaca, NY

R C Osborn & Co (Mary D Osborn), Confectioners, Stationers and News Dealers-119-121 E State St

Murray E Poole, Lawyer-119-121 E State St

Ithaca, NY

R C Osborn & Co (Robert C Osborn and Mary D Osborn), Confectioners, Stationers and News Dealer-119-121 E State St
John J Wentzel, Merchant Tailor

Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY

Multi-Family Construction: ; 
Roof of Main Structure: Non-combustible; 
Additional Sections: Section 1, back right (SW), 2 stories, non-combustible roof, wood frame, brick veneer, "FR 2d" (frame) / Section 2, back left (SE), 1 story, non-combustible roof; 
Porches: ; 
Outbuildings: Outbuilding 1, 2 stories, non-combustible roof, wood frame, iron clad, Sanborn 1910: "Box Store Ho" (house), "Shed" / Outbuilding 2, 1 story, non-combustible roof, wood frame, iron clad; 
Other: Access to #123 E State St / Sanborn 1910 has no #119 E State St, this description is for #121 E State St / Sanborn 1910: "Conf'y & News" (confectionary) / Also #121 E State St;

R C Osborn & Co (Robert C Osborn), Confectioners, Stationers and Newsdealers-119-121 E State St
Deming Hall-119-121 E State St

Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY

R. C. Osborn & Co. (Robert C. and Mary E. Osborn), Confectioners, Stationers and Newsdealers-119-121 E State St

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

Osborn Block-119-121 E State St
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co, Floyd M Whiting Manager, Grocers-119-121 E State St
Soil Conservation Service United States Department of Agriculture, Tuure A Pasto State Co-Ordinator-119-121 E State St

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

"One of the worst fires in recent years wiped out a business block on E. State St., early today, and left water and smoke damage in two adjoining buildings which will probably swell the loss to nearly $50,000 when final inventories are completed.
Doomed from the beginning, Fire Chief J. B. Reilly said, the R. C. Osborn Building at 119-121 E. State St., home of one of the first A & P Stores' food department markets in Ithaca, and also the Ithaca headquarters of the U. S. Soil Conservation Service, was nothing but a shell when firemen subdued the flames after a seven-hour battle in zero [degree] weather.
The J. C. Penney store at 115 E. State St., and the S. S. Kresge store at 123 E. State St. were damaged by smoke and water....
The Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company store was completely wiped out, the loss of merchandise and fixtures alone totalling $15,000 according to Victor Schneider, superintendent of the Ithaca district of the chain store system....
Discovered shortly after 1 a. m. by C. L. Potter, the A & P baker, who was working in the back of the store when he detected smoke coming through a transom, the flames were beyond anything that local firemen have had to contend with in recent years, Chief Really said.
The fire apparently was centered in the middle of the store, and had reached such an intensity when firemen arrived that they were unable to get into the building from either the front to the rear....
Handicapped by the near-zero temperatures, firemen waged a losing battle against the flames, but did succeed in preventing the fire from spreading to the two adjacent buildings which were separated by fire walls, but which could have ignited form the intense heat, the chief said...."

"Fire Sweeps 3-Story Block, Housing Store, Offices; Loss of $50,000 Predicted," Ithaca Journal, February 27. 1940, 1