Rumsey Block
Details
- Name
- Rumsey Block
- Address
- 206 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899)
68 E State St Ithaca - Year Built
- 1873 (ca.)
- Building Type
- Commercial
- Construction
- 4 story Brick structure
- Block Number
- 56
Annotations
1910 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas of Ithaca
Hardw. (hardware)
Media (Photos, Videos, Audio Recordings)
Tax assessment photograph taken in 1954 for the purposes of government appraisal by Roy Wenzlick & Co. 1954
Add Source/NarrativeSources & Narratives
C J Rumsey & Co (Charles J Rumsey), Hardware, Sporting Goods, Paints
C J Rumsey & Co (Charles J Rumsey and Edwin Gillette), Hardware, Furnace Work, Sporting Goods
Lake View Cemetery Co (D W Burdick President, Edwin Gillette Secretary, Ransom McDougall)
Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY
Multi-Family Construction: ;
Roof of Main Structure: Non-combustible;
Additional Sections: ;
Porches: ;
Outbuildings: ;
Other: Frame partition on N wall to Section 1 of #204 E State St, no access / Skylight on 4th floor;
C J Rumsey & Co (Edwin Gillette and Lawrence C Rumsey), Hardware, Furnace Work and Sporting Goods
Lake View Cemetery Co (D W Burdick President, Edwin Gillette Secretary and Treasurer)
Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY
C. J. Rumsey & Co. (Douglas G. Gillette, Edwin S. Gillette, and Lawrence C. Rumsey), Hardware, Furnace Work and Builders' Hardware
H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
C J Rumsey & Co (Douglas G Gillette and Edwin S Gillette and Lawrence C Rumsey), Hardware, Furnace Work, and Builders' Hardware
H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
206 East State St. Historic name: Rumsey Block
"Four-story, three-bay, painted brick commercial building; street-level facade has altered storefront (1960) with display windows and a recessed center entrance; second story retains full-width, three-sided, stamped metal bay window with three fixed windows; third and fourth stories retain historic rectangular windows with stone lintels and sills and two-over-two sash; brick corbelled comice at roofline, a single elongated brick corbel marks the eastern comer of building. Built ca.1873; storefront alterations 1960.
Historical note: Built to house CJ. Rumsey’s hardware store on the site of previous hardware stores; John Rumsey acquired Felton’s hardware store in 1858 and subsequently made a fortune during the Civil War. The company remained in business until 1962. Since 1962, the Outdoor Store has occupied the building."
"Four-story, three-bay, painted brick commercial building; street-level facade has altered storefront (1960) with display windows and a recessed center entrance; second story retains full-width, three-sided, stamped metal bay window with three fixed windows; third and fourth stories retain historic rectangular windows with stone lintels and sills and two-over-two sash; brick corbelled comice at roofline, a single elongated brick corbel marks the eastern comer of building. Built ca.1873; storefront alterations 1960.
Historical note: Built to house CJ. Rumsey’s hardware store on the site of previous hardware stores; John Rumsey acquired Felton’s hardware store in 1858 and subsequently made a fortune during the Civil War. The company remained in business until 1962. Since 1962, the Outdoor Store has occupied the building."
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Ithaca Downtown Historic District, December 18, 2004