Telephone Exchange
Details
- Name
- Telephone Exchange
- Address
- 121 W State St Ithaca
- Year Built
- 1901
- Architects
- Clinton L. Vivian
- Building Type
- Commercial
- Construction
- 1 story Brick structure
- Block Number
- 37
Annotations
1910 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas of Ithaca
N.Y. & Penn. (New York and Pennsylvania)
Telegraph & Teleph. (telephone)
Fire Proof Construction
Wire Glass Windows
Wire Glass
Media (Photos, Videos, Audio Recordings)
From the 1930 Ithaca Directory p543.
Tax assessment photograph taken in 1954 for the purposes of government appraisal by Roy Wenzlick & Co. 1954
Add Source/NarrativeSources & Narratives
Central N Y Telephone & Telegraph Co (Successor to New York & Pennsylvania Telephone & Telegraph Co), William J. Mitchell Manager
Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY
Multi-Family Construction: ;
Roof of Main Structure: ;
Additional Sections: ;
Porches: ;
Outbuildings: ;
Other: 1 story and basement / no details on construction material / "Wire Glass Windows" right (W) and back (S) / 1910 City Directory: New York Telephone Co. / Sanborn 1910: N.Y. & Penn. (New York and Pennsylvania) Telegraph & Teleph. (telephone);
New York Telephone Co, Traffic and Plant Department
Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY
Salvation Army Citadel (Ensign William A. Ayers)
H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
Salvation Army Citadel, Capt Harold B Payton Officer in Charge
H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
121 West State St. Historic name: Telephone Exchange
"One-story, buff brick building; street-level entrance on east side with internal stairhall; entry decorated with Ionic portico with columns set on stone piers; western bay is two stories, with single shallow, three-part bay window, including wide center historic one-over-one sash window flanked by narrow historic one-over-one sash windows, separated by slender Ionic columns and capped by stained glass transom windows; below this are two basement-level windows in deeply recessed masonry openings; across the entire facade above the entry and window is a narrow crown molding, above which are Doric pilasters separating recessed, square brick panels; pilasters support a slightly projecting brick entablature that includes a narrow architrave, plain frieze, and scrolled brackets with acanthus leaf motif under stamped metal comice; Built 1901-1902.
Architect: Clinton L. Vivian Builder: Driscoll Brothers and Company
Historical note: In 1883, the New York and Pennsylvania Telephone and Telegraph Company bought out Ithaca’s local and first telephone company founded by William A. Anthony and William O. Wyckoff. This building housed the later company’s telephone exchange, switchboards, and offices."
"One-story, buff brick building; street-level entrance on east side with internal stairhall; entry decorated with Ionic portico with columns set on stone piers; western bay is two stories, with single shallow, three-part bay window, including wide center historic one-over-one sash window flanked by narrow historic one-over-one sash windows, separated by slender Ionic columns and capped by stained glass transom windows; below this are two basement-level windows in deeply recessed masonry openings; across the entire facade above the entry and window is a narrow crown molding, above which are Doric pilasters separating recessed, square brick panels; pilasters support a slightly projecting brick entablature that includes a narrow architrave, plain frieze, and scrolled brackets with acanthus leaf motif under stamped metal comice; Built 1901-1902.
Architect: Clinton L. Vivian Builder: Driscoll Brothers and Company
Historical note: In 1883, the New York and Pennsylvania Telephone and Telegraph Company bought out Ithaca’s local and first telephone company founded by William A. Anthony and William O. Wyckoff. This building housed the later company’s telephone exchange, switchboards, and offices."
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Ithaca Downtown Historic District, December 18, 2004