130 Cleveland Ave Ithaca

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Address
130 Cleveland Ave Ithaca
Year Built
1926 (ca.)
Building Type
Residence
Construction
not specified
Description
130 Cleveland Ave appears to have been built abt. 1926, first appearing in the 1926 city directory.  It is not likely the same building as 24 Wheat St from the Southside proposal. There is no 24 Wheat St on the 1893, 1898, or 1904 Sanborn maps, or on the 1893 or 1899 Crandall maps or 130 Cleveland Ave on the 1910 and 1919-20 Sanborn maps,  instead there is an empty plot.  There was, however, a 22 and 24 Wheat St in 1880, the 24 was likely on the plot where 132 Cleveland was later built and 22 Wheat St was likely on this location (compare 1899 Crandall to 1919 Sanborn).


Source of Building Data: Southside Historic District Proposal, Cynthia Carrington Carter, Emanuel J. Carter Jr. And Dr. Judith Wellman, City of Ithaca Department of Planning and Development, 2005.
130 Cleveland Ave
24 Wheat St
Description: 
This is a small, 1½-story, asbestos shingled vernacular residence with a shallow-pitched front facing gable. An enclosed porch spans the front façade. There is a small addition at the rear of the house. Most windows are 1/1 double-hung sash, but there is a picture window on the west façade. The house was constructed after 1904.
Established African-American occupancy/ownership during the period of significance: 
1930 – John Stout 
At this location: 
24 Wheat Street – there is no #24 on the 1893 or 1904 Sanborn 
1883 – Mrs. Cordelia Curtis, washerwoman 
1870s – Elsie Brooks – census records indicate that she lived at this location. The enumerator was moving west to east, based on the names, and Mrs. Brooks is listed before David Watts, whose address is listed in the 1867 directory as 20 Wheat Street.
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Southside, 130 Cleveland Ave

Southside, 130 Cleveland Ave 2005

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

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Resident Household in 1930
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
John StoutM34HeadJanitor
Katherine StoutF35WifeHousekeeper
J Frank StoutM8SonNone
Resident Household in 1940
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Fred ThompsonM30HeadJanitor
Mildred ThompsonF34WifeNone
James RobinsonM19SonNone
Resident Household in 1950
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
James H RobinsonM29HeadWaiter
Barbara RobinsonF23WifeNone
Marvin RobinsonM6SonNone
Donald RobinsonM3SonNone
Bonnie RobinsonFDaughterNone
Resident Household in 1950
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Fredrick L TolbertM27HeadPlasterer
Julia TolbertF27WifeMachine Operator
Thomas C TolbertM6SonNone