215 E State St Ithaca

Details
Address
215 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899)
75 E State St Ithaca
Year Built
Unknown
Demolished
1968 (ca.)
Building Type
Commercial/Residence
Construction
3 story Brick structure
Block Number
57
Annotations
1910 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas of Ithaca

Florist
Green Ho. (house)
Gl. Rf. (glass roof)
Wall 1st only

Description
The building 215 E State St was demolished by 1968 under Urban Renewal. It, along with most of the odd-side of the 200-block of E State St  was replaced by the New Rothschild Brothers Department Store in 1975.
Media (Photos, Videos, Audio Recordings)
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

Add Source/NarrativeSources & Narratives
Hanford A Groves, Stock and Ticket Broker
Alice M Stevens, Chiropodist
Henry T White, Carpenter

The Bool Floral Co (Arthur H Bool), Florists 
Alice M Stevens, Chiropodist

Multi-Family Construction: ; 
Roof of Main Structure: Non-combustible; 
Additional Sections: Section 1, back (S), no story annotation, glass roof, wood frame; 
Porches: ; 
Outbuildings: ; 
Other: Wall 1st floor only between Main Structure and #217 E State St / Front staircase between #215 E State St and #217 E State St; 

The Bool Floral Co, Ralph J Roskelly Proprietor, Florist

The Bool Floral Co. (President and Treasurer Ralph J. Roskelly; Vice President Harriett K. Roskelly; Secretary Charles P. Coffey), Greenhouses

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

Bool's Flowerdale, Inc. (Isadore Altschuler President and General Managers), Decorative Plants, Trees Shrubs, Ect 
Van Vliet Sign Shop (DeForest L Van Vliet)

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

"Not much remains of the Ithaca Hotel block, except the partially-occupied Cobb Building [205 E State St] ... and the vacant Ithaca Hotel structure [219-221 E State St]..."

Barbara Bell, "Ithaca Hotel Block Historians: Want to Test Memory?," Ithaca Journal, March 28, 1968, 15

Resident Household in 1880
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Ana MatthewsF28HeadDress Making
Estella MatthewsF13DaughterAt School
George A MatthewsM11SonAt School
Resident Household in 1920
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Adeline MaderaF66HeadNone
Durley MaderaF7GranddaughterNone
Resident Household in 1920
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
George MabeeM40HeadOrder Clerk
Ethel MabeeF40WifeBarber
Resident Household in 1930
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
George MabeeM42HeadClerk
Resident Household in 1940
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Mary LandonF79HeadNone
Resident Household in 1940
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
William WilkesM67HeadNone
Ada WilkesF67WifeNone
Resident Household in 1940
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
De Forest Van VlietM48HeadSign Painter
Resident Household in 1950
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
William A KumpfM34HeadHorticulture Teacher
Dorothy KumpfF35WifeNone
Erica KumpfF4DaughterNone
Paul KumpfM2SonNone
Resident Household in 1950
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Andrew J StantonM38HeadBlank