Tompkins House

Tompkins House, Holmes & Stamp (Samuel Holmes and A.B. Stamp), Proprietors, Corner E. Seneca and N. Aurora

Ithaca Journal Office, Ithaca, NY

Tompkins House, Abiel B. Stamp, Proprietor, Corner Aurora and Seneca

Norton & Conklin Publishers, Ithaca, NY

Tompkins House, Murray & Conley (William Murray & Thomas F Conley), Proprietors, 202 N Aurora

Ithaca, NY

Tompkins House, John H. Rease, Proprietor, 202 N Aurora

Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY

Multi-Family Construction: ; 

Roof of Main Structure: Non-combustible; 

Additional Sections: Section 1, back right (W), 3 stories, non-combustible roof, external staircase, "Kitchen 1st" / Section 2, back left (W), 3 stories, non-combustible roof, "Bar 1st" / Section 3, back of Section 2 (W), 1 story, non-combustible roof, brick lining, "Vend, Read'g Rm" (vending, reading room); 

Porches: ; 

Outbuildings: ; 

Other: Also #204 N Aurora St and #206 N Aurora St / Sanborn 1910 incorrectly numbers Section 3 as #724 E Seneca St and Main Structure south facade as #723 E Seneca St; 

“Thomas A. Herson, proprietor of the Alhambra Hotel, today concluded negotiations whereby he has leased the Tompkins House, at North Aurora and East Seneca streets of Walter P. Stephens. Mr. Herson, the new proprietor of the former Tompkins House, has been proprietor of the Alhambra eight years. Previous to assuming the management of that hotel he was engaged in the café business in this city seven years.

A number of contemplated improvements and innovations at the New Alhambra are announced by the new proprietor, Mr. Herson. The Tompkins House contains 58 rooms in first class condition and also has a large dining room. Mr. Stephens conducted the hotel in recent years for rooming purposes only, having discontinued the dining room. Mr. Herson intends to make the dining room a feature of the hotel. He also plans to eliminate the bar room on the Seneca street side and to open an all-night restaurant.”

“Tompkins House To Be New Alhambra,” Ithaca Journal, July 8, 1919, 3.

The New Alhambra, Thomas A. Herson, Proprietor, 202-204 N Aurora St

Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY

204 N Aurora St

The Tompkins House, Thomas A. Herson, Proprietor

The Flying Finger, Gift Shop, Mabel R. Sanford, Proprietor

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

204 N Aurora St

The Tompkins Hotel, Thomas A. Herson, Proprietor

Alhambra Grill, Thomas A. Herson, Proprietor

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

204 N Aurora St

The Tompkins Hotel, Thomas A. Herson, Proprietor

Alhambra Grill, Thomas A. Herson, Proprietor

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

“George Atsedes, a restaurant proprietor in Ithaca for 20 years, has purchased the Tompkins Hotel at Aurora and Seneca Sts. from Thomas A. Herson and sold the Club Caret, 106 N. Tioga St., to the Tompkins County Trust Company.

The Club Caret will remain open the next 4 or 5 months while the Tompkins Hotel is being brought up to date for operation as a hotel and restaurant, Atsedes said today. Herson has run the Tompkins Hotel and grill 24 years.”

“Club Caret Building Sold to Bank,” Ithaca Journal, August 1, 1949, 3.

204 N Aurora St

The Tompkins House, William E. McKay and Ralph O. Erickson, Proprietors

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

“Superintendent of Public Works Francis J. Laverty predicted early this spring that cars would be rolling into the new $180,000 lot two months after the city took possession April 1.

Demolition of Pratt’s Flower Shop, the Tompkins House, and the Chamber of Commerce Building by the A&T Wrecking Co. of Elmira began that day and was finished May 1….

On order are 92 parking meters and an automatic gate for the lot…. Capacity of the lot is 40 cars.”

“Parking Lot Work Praised,” Ithaca Journal, May 10, 1957, 3.