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507 W Buffalo St Ithaca

Details
Address
507 W Buffalo St Ithaca (as of 1899)
103 W Buffalo St Ithaca
Year Built
Unknown
Building Type
Residence
Construction
2 story Wood structure
Block Number
21
Description
Year built 1870 from Tompkins County Department of Assessment.

1910 Sanborn: Building has two 2-story sections: north (front) section has shingle roof, bay window of east side, and small 1-story recessed open side porch with metal or slate roof on northeast corner; south (center of house) 2-story section has single roof and a 1-story open porch with a metal or slate roof attached to the east side, and two 1-story sections with composition roofs attached to the south (back) side; there are two outbuildings: 507 1/2 is a 1 1/2 story frame building with a shingled hip[?] roof; the second outbuilding doesn't have an address and is a 1-story frame building with a shingle roof
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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

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Resident Household in 1880
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
John VaughnM39HeadRR Engineer
Emily VaughnF37WifeKeeping House
Resident Household in 1900
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
George BabcockM80HeadRetired Landlord
Angeline BabcockF81WifeNone
Resident Household in 1910
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
George W BabcockM81HeadOwn Income
Mary E JohnsonF61DaughterNone
Lena J JohnsonF8GranddaughterNone
Resident Household in 1920
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Mary JohnsonF70HeadNone
Fred JohnsonM40SonWatchman
Lena WadeF18GranddaughterNone
Resident Household in 1930
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Harold B JenksM37HeadProprietor
Theresa M JenksF33WifeNone
William C JenksM10SonNone
Lillian A JenksF6DaughterNone
Dorothy H JenksF3DaughterNone
Resident Household in 1930
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Charles F RossM44HeadMain Signal Trainer
Rachel L RossF42WifeNone
Jean M RossF15DaughterNone
John C RossM9SonNone
Resident Household in 1940
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Joseph ScalesM34HeadBlank
Dorothy ScalesF33WifeNurse
Resident Household in 1940
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Ernest CoonM25HeadMechanic
Eva CoonF24WifeInspector
Resident Household in 1950
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Joseph BenedictM55HeadGunsmith
Magdalen BenedictF47WifeHousework
Joseph BenedictM17SonDishwasher
Elizabeth BenedictF16DaughterHousework
William BenedictM14SonNone
Francis BenedictM10SonNone
Resident Household in 1950
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Thomas PerryM23HeadGas Station Attendant
Mary PerryF20WifeNone
Thomas PerryM1SonNone
David PerryMSonNone