124 S Aurora St Ithaca

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Address
124 S Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1899)
18 S Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1878)
17-19 S Aurora St Ithaca
Year Built
Unknown
Building Type
Commercial
Construction
2 story Brick structure
Block Number
57
Annotations
1872 A. G. Bardin Map of Ithaca

A.S. Cowdry

1888 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas of Ithaca

Bl. Sm. (blacksmith)
Carriage Fac
Paintg 2d (painting)

1889 F. W. Beers Map of Ithaca

Mrs. Cowdry

1898 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas of Ithaca

Bl. Sm. (blacksmith)

1899 Crandall City Engineering Map

Belle Cowdry

1910 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas of Ithaca

Bl. Sm. (blacksmith)
Genl Repairing (general)
2nd

1919 Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas of Ithaca

Bl. Sm. (blacksmith)

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

1872 Bardin Map Inset

1872 Bardin Map Inset 1872

Advertisement for A.S. Cowdry, Carriage Maker, in the 1867 city directory, p73

Advertisement for A.S. Cowdry, Carriage Maker, in the 1867 city directory, p73 1867

Add Source/NarrativeSources & Narratives
A.S. Cowdry Carriage and Wagonmakers

Ithaca Journal Office, Ithaca, NY

This building was burned but not destroyed in the fire of 1871. Newspaper articles about the fire note this was A.S. Cowdry’s blacksmith shop and carriage shop and that it was between Chauncy Cowdry's building and another building owned by A.S. Cowdry. 

"An Alarming Fire! The Upper Part of the Town in Ruins! $250,.000 Worth of Property Destroyed!" Ithaca Journal, August 29, 1871, 2.

James H Stanion, Carriage and Wagon Maker

Norton & Conklin Publishers, Ithaca, NY

James H Stanion, Blacksmith 
E Gaylord Walker, Harness Maker 
Guy H White, Carriage Manufacturer

Freeling B Shelton, Blacksmith

Multi-Family Construction: ; 
Roof of Main Structure: Non-combustible; 
Additional Sections: ; 
Porches: ; 
Outbuildings: ; 
Other: Coded green (special hazard);

Delbert B Martin, Blacksmith

Drew's Tin Shop (Robert L. Drew), Tinsmiths, Sheet Metal Workers 
Kellogg & Son (Harvey S. Kellogg), Newsdealer

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

Drew's Tin Shop (Robert L Drew), Sheet Metal Worker 
Jim's Sanitary Barber Shop, James D Frangiamone Proprietor

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

Bartenders Local

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

Vacant

H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

Resident Household in 1880
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Joseph BrandyM43HeadPeanut Stand
Mary BrandyF45WifeHuckster on Corner
Lena BrandyF13DaughterAt Home
Edie BrandyM2SonNone
David BrandyM15SonPeanut Stand
Mary PelhamF36BlankKeeping House
Van S HurlburtM19BlankLaborer