Westminster Hall

Details
Name
Westminster Hall
Address
321 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899)
59 N Tioga St Ithaca
Year Built
Unknown
Building Type
Residence
Construction
not specified
Description

The Westminster Block, at 321-325 N. Tioga Street, was the dormitory of the Westminster Choir School (temporarily an affiliate) from 1928 to 1931, and thereafter a dormitory for the College until the move to South Hill. 


"Once a residential block, this part of Tioga Street has been converted to public and commercial uses. This 1886 Queen Anne brick and wood row house once served as six homes. Aross the street, on the site of the current Tompkins County Courthouse, were four more row houses. Architect Alfred B. Dle designed the building for General Charles F. Blood, a prominent merchant. Originally, the house had three arched entrances alternating with paired windows. Around 1903 the building was used as an Ithaca College dormitory, and two entrances were closed. Follwing a 1990-91 renovation, the building was restored to residential use." Historic Ithaca, DeWitt Park Historic District and Downtown Ithaca: An Architectural Walking Tour, 10. http://www.historicithaca.org/


1930-Ithaca Conservatory of Music-Westminster Hall, girls' dormitory (Source: 1930 city directory) 
"Westminster Hall is the name that has been given to the former apartment house located at Court and North Tioga Streets which was purchased by the Conservatory early this Summer. ... All women students of the Westminster Choir School will reside in this building which can accommodate 60. The hall is ideally situated for these students who will spend much of their time singing in churches. Within a radius of four blocks there are nine churches in which the new students may be asked to sing.” (Source: “Dining Hall New ‘Dorm’ For Conservatory,” Ithaca Journal-News. October 4, 1929, 5.) 
1940-Ithaca College-Westminster Hall, girls' dormitory (Source: 1940 city directory)

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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 1880
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Eugene A MarshM45HeadDept County Clerk
Minnie M MarshF38WifeKeeping House
Bertie A MarshM9SonNone
Millard MarshM7SonNone
Mabel MarshF3DaughterNone
Addie SchoonmakerF27ServantNone
Resident Household in 1900
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
James M OsburnM46HeadCommercial Traveler
Angeline A OsburnF52WifeNone
Bertha J OsburnF18DaughterAt School
Clarence D OsburnM14SonAt School
Resident Household in 1900
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Daniel C KnowltonM23HeadLibrarian
Lou O KnowltonF25WifeNone
Resident Household in 1900
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
George F SimpsonM23HeadPainter
Lou J SimpsonF20WifeNone
Resident Household in 1920
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Emma D BurrittF58HeadBoarding House
Nina M BurrittF28DaughterNone
Edna L BurrittF25DaughterNone
Raymond E BurrittM22SonClerk
Louise M GeorgeF25LodgerBookkeeper
Edward J AustinM32LodgerAccountant
William HelmsM39LodgerWatchman