Cayuga House

Details
Name
Cayuga House
Address
501 W State St Ithaca (as of 1920)
505 W State St Ithaca (as of 1899)
107 W State St Ithaca
Year Built
Unknown
Demolished
1967
Building Type
Commercial/Residence
Construction
2 story Wood structure
Block Number
23
Annotations
1910 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas of Ithaca

Cayuga Ho. (hotel)
Hotel

Description
1899 cd 505 W State St-Cayuga House
1901 cd 501-505 W State St-Cayuga House
1909 cd 501-503 W State St-Cayuga House
1911 cd 501-505 W State St-Cayuga House
1919 cd 501 W State St-Gospel Mission
1921 cd 501 W State St-Cayuga House
1930 cd 501 W State St-Vacant
1940 cd not listed

Leander and Sumner Thomas, proprietors from abt 1921-1926.

Demolished 1967 for Sunoco Gas Station. (Source: "Review of '67: Hotels Demolished,"  Ithaca Journal, January 1, 1968, 12)

Source of Building Data: 1910 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas;
Multi-Family Construction: ; 
Roof of Main Structure: Non-combustible; 
Additional Sections: Section 1, right (W), 1 story, non-combustible; 
Porches: ; 
Outbuildings: Outbuilding 1, 1 story, composition roof / Stable 1, 2 stories, shingle roof, "Hotel" with Outbuilding 1, 1 story, shingle roof and Outbuilding 2, 1 story, shingle roof, none with access to each other; 
Other: Complex of buildings occupied the corner lot with Sanborn 1910 numbers: "503 W State St", "#203 S Corn St", "#204 S Corn St", "#205 S Corn St"; 
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

Advertisements like this for The Cayuga House, "Ithaca's Only Colored Hotel,"ran in the New York Age, a Black newspaper from New York City, from January to June 1921.

Advertisements like this for The Cayuga House, "Ithaca's Only Colored Hotel,"ran in the New York Age, a Black newspaper from New York City, from January to June 1921. 1921

Add Source/NarrativeSources & Narratives
John H. Meany, proprietor, Cayuga House, 501-505 W State St

John Henry Meany

Resident Household in 1880
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Edward DoyleM30HeadHotel Keeper
Hattie DoyleF21SisterKeeping House
Dennis DoyleM23BrotherClerk
Breezy DoyleF18SisterNone
Pheba WalkerF32ServantServant
William DentonM22ServantLaborer
Melvin W QuickM31BoarderMeat Market
Charles CoughlinM32BoarderPoliceman
George NorthrupM38BoarderCarpenter
Henry ButlerM35BoarderSaloon Keeper
Thomas ByrnsM23BoarderLaborer
Ludwig ThomasM30BoarderTeacher of Music
Resident Household in 1900
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Charles RumreyM47HeadHotel Keeper
Jennie RumreyF32WifeNone
Bessie BradburyF11StepdaughterAt School
John A MenzieM50EmployeeBartender
John LandonM59EmployeeLaborer
Martin MabeeM58EmployeeHostler
Henry MeanyM30BoarderBottler
Resident Household in 1910
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
George N WeaverM30HeadProprietor
Mollie WeaverF27WifeCook
Virginia WeaverF9DaughterNone
Julia WeaverF4DaughterNone
Esma TownleyF25ServantTable Waiter
John H LynchM29ServantBartender
Joseph CrowleyM22BoarderMachineman
Fred HillageM40BoarderLaborer
Fred LungerM36BoarderFireman
Coren WhiteM25BoarderElectrician
Frank H AdamsM43BoarderSign Painter
Resident Household in 1920
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Jennie H RumseyF49HeadProprietress
Elisa BarberF36ServantServant
Robert E HinvestM25LodgerClerk
Leslie W HughiesM26RoomerLaborer
John A ReedM59LodgerJanitor
John F WhittyM36LodgerTeamster
James J CarmodyM42RoomerLaborer
Edward DevereeseM55RoomerLaborer
Patrick SullivanM55RoomerChef
Resident Household in 1920
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Bessie M DownieF35WifeNone
Robert L DownieM34HeadSalesman
Lynn A DownieM6SonNone
Resident Household in 1950
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Benjamin F BelcherM28HeadConstruction Laborer
George L CollinsM64LodgerLaborer
Charles H WelchM57LodgerTailor
Samuel P BelcherM31LodgerBrick Maker
Eugene F BelcherM25LodgerMason Tender
Roberts JohnM40LodgerLaborer
Raymond J BardM24LodgerLaborer
James AndrewsM20LodgerKitchen Helper