Fury Block

Details
Name
Fury Block
Address
128 S Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1899)
18 S Cayuga St Ithaca
Year Built
1885
Building Type
Commercial/Residence
Construction
3 story Brick structure
Block Number
37
Annotations
1888 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas of Ithaca

Meat

1898 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas of Ithaca

Meat

1899 Crandall City Engineering Map

J. Furey

1910 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas of Ithaca

Up. B. (upright boiler)
Meat
Elec. (electric) Motor 2d
Model Works 2d

1919 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas of Ithaca

Restr't

Description
Fury Block
126 S Cayuga St and 128 S Cayuga St
Media (Photos, Videos, Audio Recordings)
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

Add Source/NarrativeSources & Narratives
“The Warren property at the corner of Cayuga and Green streets was sold on foreclosure to-day. There were several bidders but the lot was finally secured by John Fury, for $3200. The price is considered to be fully all that the land is worth. It is believed that Mr. Fury will build two brick stores on the lot. This purchase evidently does away with the packing house project of Mr. McCrea.” 

“Town Talk,” Ithaca Daily Journal, January 17, 1885, 3, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj18850117-01.1.3

John Fury

“The old Warren blacksmith shop was demolished yesterday to give place to a new building soon to be erected by Mr. John Fury.” 

“Town Talk,” Ithaca Daily Journal, April 2, 1885, 3, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj18850402-01.1.3 

John Fury

George H Baker, meat market, 128 S Cayuga St 
Charles M Clinton
Mrs. Marinda Taber

George H Baker, meat market, 128 S Cayuga St
Melville D Shaw
Marinda Taber 

Multi-Family Construction: ; 
Roof of Main Structure: Non-combustible; 
Additional Sections: Section 1, front overhang on 2d and 3d floors (E), no roof detail, shared with #124 S Cayuga St; 
Porches: Porch 1, back (W), 3 stories, non-combustible roof, shared with #124 S Cayuga St; 
Outbuildings: ; 
Other: Sanborn 1910: "Meat", "Model Works" / 1910 City Directory: "Ithaca Model Works" / Frame cornice front (E) and left (S);

Annie S W Leander, restaurant, 128 S Cayuga St 
Mrs. Essie Fitzgerald 
O Howard Menzie 

Cayuga Fruit Co., George Visnyei, proprietor 
George M Bartlett

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

128 S Cayuga St
George’s Restaurant (John N and Michael G Boronkay) 

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

128 S Cayuga St 
George’s Restaurant (John N Boronkay)

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

128 S Cayuga St and 106 W Green St 
George’s Restaurant, John N Boronkay, proprietor 

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

126-130 South Cayuga St. Historic name: Fury Block

"Three-story, double-width , Italianate-style, brick commercial corner building; street-level facade has two altered storefronts with display windows, recessed entrances, and a upper story access between storefronts; full-length Eastlake-style overhanging wood awning with cast iron brackets above storefronts; upper stories retain arched windows with brick window hoods, projecting sills, and historic two-over-two sash; the two upper stories have a projecting two-story, four-sided, Eastlake-style frame projection with paired one-over-one sash in the center and single one-over-one sash on the sides; narrow brick frieze capped by simple wooden cornice. Built 1885."

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

Resident Household in 1900
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Grant TaberM32HeadPainter
Marinda TaberF70MotherNone
Resident Household in 1900
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
John P LeonardM46HeadGroceryman
Ellen D LeonardF42WifeNone
Vincent LeonardM7SonAt School
Anna M LeonardF3DaughterNone
Resident Household in 1900
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Olin L StewartM48HeadBottling Works
Eva F StewartF32WifeNone
Lousia M JarvisF28Sister-in-LawBookkeeper
Resident Household in 1900
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Albert W StephensM22HeadStudent
Gertrude O StephensF25WifeNone
Resident Household in 1900
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Jessie C LovelessM28HeadSteam Fitter
Emily R LovelessF24WifeNone
Ralph W LovelessM1SonNone
Resident Household in 1900
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Harvey A SurfaceM32HeadSchool Teacher
May SurfaceF32WifeNone
Harley SurfaceM1SonNone
Resident Household in 1910
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Grant TaberM41HeadPainter
Marandy TaberF80MotherNone
Resident Household in 1920
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
H N ScoutM55HeadLaborer
Lucy ScoutF52WifeNone
Fern ScoutF22DaughterBookkeeper
Edna ScoutF20DaughterBookkeeper