Wanzer Block
Details
- Name
- Wanzer Block
- Address
- 103 N Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1899)
3 N Aurora St Ithaca - Year Built
- 1865 (ca.)
- Architects
- Arthur N. Gibb
- Building Type
- Commercial
- Construction
- 4 story Brick structure with Brick lining.
- Block Number
- 59
Annotations
1910 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas of Ithaca
"Gro."
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Wanzer Block
The middle section, 302 E State [Lehigh Valley Railroad] was built in 1905. The buildings to the left of 103 N Aurora St [Wanzer & Howell]: 105 and 107 N Aurora St had the same businesses from the photograph [Charles A Brown grocer-105 and Wheaton & Perry-107] in the 1907-08 city directory only. ca. 1905-1908
Tax assessment photograph taken in 1954 for the purposes of government appraisal by Roy Wenzlick & Co. 1954
Tax assessment photograph taken in 1954 for the purposes of government appraisal by Roy Wenzlick & Co. 1954
Tax assessment photograph taken in 1954 for the purposes of government appraisal by Roy Wenzlick & Co. 1954
Add Source/NarrativeSources & Narratives
Daniel H Wanzer, Grocer
Wanzer & Howell (Elmer H Wanzer and Sidney L Howell), Grocers
Wanzer & Howell (Elmer H Wanzer and Sidney L Howell), Grocers
Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY
Wanzer & Howell (Elmer H Wanzer and Sidney L Howell), Grocers 101 N Aurora.
Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY
E. Wanzer, Elmer H Wanzer Proprietor, Grocer
Wanzer & Barr (Elmer H. Wanzer and Joseph S. Barr and David P. Barr)
Wanzer & Barr (Elmer H. Wanzer and Joseph S. Barr and David P. Barr)
H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
Vacant
H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
Herron's Shoe Store
H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
101-103 North Aurora St. and 302-304 East State St. Historic name: Wanzer Block
"Four-story, buff brick commercial building at the comer of East State Street constructed in 1905 to join an earlier painted brick Aurora Street building (ca. 1865) and an earlier State Street buff brick building (1888) into a single building; retains three street-level storefronts with display windows, angled comer entrance, sidewalk access to commercial or storage space in the basement. 101 North Aurora Street retains period storefront, 302- 304 East State Street storefront redesigned in the early twentieth century, 103 North Aurora Street storefront replaced in the late twentieth century; roofline of all three buildings capped by stamped metal entablature with a garland swag frieze and a denticulated comice. The comer building retains a single angled bay with wide windows above the comer entrance; four bays on each flanking facade have rectangular windows with stone lintels and sills and historic one-over-one sash; the adjoining three-bay Aurora Street facade (originally a three- story, Italianate-style brick commercial building) retains windows with ornate cast iron segmentally arched window hoods and sills; historic two-over-two sash in the second and third stories; fourth-story windows retain stone sills; the adjoining brick State Street facade retains a two-story, three-sided frame bay windows projecting from the second and third stories and a row of five narrow, brick arched windows in the fourth story. Built 1905.
Architect: Arthur N. Gibb
Historical note: Arthur N. Gibb designed the comer building in 1905 to connect the Aurora Street building (ca. 1865) and the State Street building (1888), and added a unifying fourth story to the Aurora Street facade; the entablature of the State Street facade was reproduced to encompass the entire building. The Wanzer Block housed grocers. Head’s Camera Shop, and, briefly, the Lehigh Valley Railroad ticket office."
"Four-story, buff brick commercial building at the comer of East State Street constructed in 1905 to join an earlier painted brick Aurora Street building (ca. 1865) and an earlier State Street buff brick building (1888) into a single building; retains three street-level storefronts with display windows, angled comer entrance, sidewalk access to commercial or storage space in the basement. 101 North Aurora Street retains period storefront, 302- 304 East State Street storefront redesigned in the early twentieth century, 103 North Aurora Street storefront replaced in the late twentieth century; roofline of all three buildings capped by stamped metal entablature with a garland swag frieze and a denticulated comice. The comer building retains a single angled bay with wide windows above the comer entrance; four bays on each flanking facade have rectangular windows with stone lintels and sills and historic one-over-one sash; the adjoining three-bay Aurora Street facade (originally a three- story, Italianate-style brick commercial building) retains windows with ornate cast iron segmentally arched window hoods and sills; historic two-over-two sash in the second and third stories; fourth-story windows retain stone sills; the adjoining brick State Street facade retains a two-story, three-sided frame bay windows projecting from the second and third stories and a row of five narrow, brick arched windows in the fourth story. Built 1905.
Architect: Arthur N. Gibb
Historical note: Arthur N. Gibb designed the comer building in 1905 to connect the Aurora Street building (ca. 1865) and the State Street building (1888), and added a unifying fourth story to the Aurora Street facade; the entablature of the State Street facade was reproduced to encompass the entire building. The Wanzer Block housed grocers. Head’s Camera Shop, and, briefly, the Lehigh Valley Railroad ticket office."
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Ithaca Downtown Historic District, December 18, 2004