212 Center St Ithaca
Details
- Address
- 212 Center St Ithaca
- Year Built
- 1887
- Building Type
- Commercial
- Construction
- 3 story Wood structure with Wood lining.
- Block Number
- 90
Annotations
1889 F. W. Beers Map of Ithaca
Hosiery Fact'y
1898 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas of Ithaca
Hosiery Mf'y (Not in Operation)
1910 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas of Ithaca
Pritchard & Son. / Carriage Repository & Wood Working 1st. / Painting 2nd & 3rd / Bl. Sm.
Description
212 Center Street is a 3-story warehouse that was built in 1888 as a factory for the Electric Seamless Hosiery Company. Over its 130+ years, the building has been home to carriage manufacturing, blacksmithing, a corset company, warehousing, a shipping company, and even served as Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation's engine design facility during WWI.
1887: constructed for Electric Seamless Hosiery Company
1887-1889 Electric Seamless Hosiery Company
ca. 1900-1914: Pritchard & Son, carriages and wagons, repository and factory
ca. 1915-1917: Burns Bros., blacksmiths, horse-shoers, wood and iron workers
ca. 1917-1919: Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation experimental plant
ca. 1919-1922: Miller Corset Company factory
ca. 1940-1941: Rothschild Bros. warehouse
ca. 1942-1956: Ithaca Delivery & Storage, motor freight company (see their original painted metal sign on our front desk!)
ca. 1957-1977: Harbeck Paper, paper and janitorial supplies, retail & wholesale
ca. 1979-2003: ICC Furniture Company
2003-present: Significant Elements Architectural Salvage Warehouse
1887-1889 Electric Seamless Hosiery Company
ca. 1900-1914: Pritchard & Son, carriages and wagons, repository and factory
ca. 1915-1917: Burns Bros., blacksmiths, horse-shoers, wood and iron workers
ca. 1917-1919: Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation experimental plant
ca. 1919-1922: Miller Corset Company factory
ca. 1940-1941: Rothschild Bros. warehouse
ca. 1942-1956: Ithaca Delivery & Storage, motor freight company (see their original painted metal sign on our front desk!)
ca. 1957-1977: Harbeck Paper, paper and janitorial supplies, retail & wholesale
ca. 1979-2003: ICC Furniture Company
2003-present: Significant Elements Architectural Salvage Warehouse
Media (Photos, Videos, Audio Recordings)
Electric Seamless Hosiery Co., listing in Ithaca City Directory, 1888-1889, p95.
Burns Bros., Blacksmiths, Horseshoers, Wood and Iron Workers ca. 1915-1917
Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation Experimental Plant 1917
Tax assessment photograph taken in 1954 for the purposes of government appraisal by Roy Wenzlick & Co. 1954
Ad for Harbeck Paper, "Always Welcome at Harbeck" ca. 1957-1977
Vacant 1978
Vacant 1978
ICC Furniture Co. est. 1980
Add Source/NarrativeSources & Narratives
“Ground was broken this morning for the new hosiery factory at the corner of Plain and Center street. The contract for erecting the building has been given to Frank Alexander. The work is to be completed within six weeks.”
Ithaca Daily Journal, August 8, 1887, 3.
1887
Multi-Family Construction: ;
Roof of Main Structure: Non-Combustible;
Additional Sections: Section 1, front right side (SE), 1 story, composition roof / Section 2, back (N), 1 story, composition roof, Sanborn 1910 "Blacksmith", has two sides with brick walls - between main building and Section 3 / Section 3, back right (N), 2 stories, non-combustible roof;
Porches: ;
Outbuildings: ;
Other: incorrectly labelled 312 on 1910 Sanborn;
Roof of Main Structure: Non-Combustible;
Additional Sections: Section 1, front right side (SE), 1 story, composition roof / Section 2, back (N), 1 story, composition roof, Sanborn 1910 "Blacksmith", has two sides with brick walls - between main building and Section 3 / Section 3, back right (N), 2 stories, non-combustible roof;
Porches: ;
Outbuildings: ;
Other: incorrectly labelled 312 on 1910 Sanborn;
1910 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas
1910