Bates Block

Naughton Brothers (Michael Naughton and John Naughton), Grocers 

Jesse F Small, Painter and Paper Hanger, 10 Bates Block 

Dr Marian A Townley, Physician, 2 Bates Block 

Levi M Spaulding, Barber

Ithaca, NY

Naughton Bros (John Naughton), Grocers 

Levi M Spaulding, Barber, 3 Bates Building

Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY

Multi-Family Construction: ; 

Roof of Main Structure: Non-combustible; 

Additional Sections: ; 

Porches: ; 

Outbuildings: ; 

Other: Access to #118 N Aurora St on floors 2, 3 / See entry for #118-124 N Aurora St, "Bates Block" for additional description;

Naughton Bros (John Naughton), Grocers 

Charles H Moore, Barber

Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY

Lockwood's Dollar Cleaners, Dryers, Cleaners, and Clothing Pressings 

Republican County Committee, Riley H. Heath Chairman 

Commissioners of Elections (President William F. George: Secretary Mrs. Emma L. Card)

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

The Alpine Restaurant, Samuel Kuntz Proprietor, Restaurant Delicatessen and Tap Room-120-122

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

118-124 North Aurora St. and 215-217 East Seneca St. Historic name: Bates Block

"Prominent three-story, thirteen-bay, ten-bay deep, painted brick Italianate commercial building located on the comer of East Seneca Street; North Aurora Street facade retains continuous cast iron storefront arcade with piers, brackets, and architrave decorated with classical floral and acanthus motifs; one two-bay display window storefront (remodeled late twentieth century) faces Seneca Street; upper stories retain segmentally arched windows, soldiered brick window hoods with corbel stops, continuous stone sills, and mostly historic two-over- one sash or one-over-one sash; continuous corbelled brick cornice capped by stamped metal cornice molding. Built 1872. Architect: A.B. Dale Historical note: Built for Rufus Bates for his grocery; cast iron facade was manufactured locally by Treman, Valentine, and Green; in 1979, the building was restored after a fire in the upper stories."

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Ithaca Downtown District, December 18, 2004

"Ithaca’s first store opened on this site in 1804. The Bates Block, thought to be designed by Alfred B. Dale, was erected in 1872, a year after Ithaca’s worst fire destroyed dozens of downtown buildings. Grocer Rufus Bates, like other merchants after the fire, used materials less flammable than wood, choosing instead brick and a new, reputedly fireproof material – the cast-iron storefront. In iron storefronts slender posts replaced the massive columns once needed to support heavy brick buildings, leaving more space for display windows. The Bates Block is in the Italianate style. Note the elaborate hood moldings above the windows and the wide overhanging eaves. The name of Ithaca’s leading foundry, Treman, Valentine and King, is stamped on the base of the second column from the corner." 

Historic Ithaca, DeWitt Park Historic District and Downtown Ithaca: An Architectural Walking Tour, 24. http://www.historicithaca.org