302 S Plain St Ithaca

Details
Address
302 S Plain St Ithaca
Year Built
1921 (ca.)
Building Type
Residence
Construction
not specified
Description
There was a house (38 S Plain St)  at this location until about 1899 (see 1898 Sanborn map and https://www.historyforge.net/buildings/7572)
There is no house at this location in the 1899 Crandall map (where John Tyler is listed as the property owner), the 1910 Sanborn map or the 1919-1920 Sanborn map. The new house that was built here in the 1920s was given the address 302 S Plain St.

Source: Southside Historic District Proposal, Cynthia Carrington Carter, Emanuel J. Carter Jr. And Dr. Judith Wellman, City of Ithaca Department of Planning and Development, 2005. 
302 South Plain Street
Description: 
This two-story, hipped roof, American Four Square style residence has wide eaves, clapboard siding and a full-width porch with classical columns and square balusters. Two hipped roof dormers are present on the north and east sides of the roof, one without a window. The windows are 6/1 double-hung sash. There is a prominent brick chimney on the north side of the house. This house was constructed after 1919 and replaces an earlier residence.
Established African-American occupancy/ownership during the period of significance: 
At this location in the 1860s – Zachariah Tyler, freedom seeker. He served with his son, John, in the 26th USCT, Co. B., during the Civil War 
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Southside, 302 S Plain St

Southside, 302 S Plain St 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
Arthur StevensM32HeadMechanic
Nell StevensF28WifeNone
Donald StevensM8SonNone
Resident Household in 1930
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Frank JonesM22HeadElectrician
Helen JonesF19WifeNone
Resident Household in 1940
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Edward WhitlockM36HeadTruck Driver
Julia WhitlockF35WifeLaundress
Edward Whitlock JrM11SonNone
Barbara WhitlockF8DaughterNone
Resident Household in 1950
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Frances EastmanF33HeadMaid
Gerald EastmanM4SonNone
Julius EastmanM9SonNone