Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Station/Greyhound Bus Station
Details
- Name
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Station/Greyhound Bus Station
- Address
- 701 W Seneca St Ithaca
710 W State St Ithaca - Year Built
- 1912
- Building Type
- Commercial
- Construction
- not specified
Description
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Tax assessment photograph taken in 1954 for the purposes of government appraisal by Roy Wenzlick & Co. 1954
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The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Station will close down and be consolidated with the Lackawanna Railroad station near the Inlet.
"Everything set for railroad consolidation," Ithaca Journal; July 31, 1918
July 31, 1918
710 W State St
Lackawanna Feed Co
Lackawanna Feed Co
H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
"The Greyhound Bus Terminal, long a downtown fixture, is moving to the West End.
Officials made the announcement Monday night and they said that the new home would be the old Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad passenger station building west of Fulton St., between Seneca and State Sts....
A spokesman said the shift was permanent. The current bus terminal building , at 128-132 S. Aurora St... is scheduled to be demolished in Project 1 of Urban Renewal....
Proprietor of the Greyhound Bus Terminal is Mrs. Kathryn D. Baldwin, and manager is Miss Brenda Baldwin, a daughter.
The Baldwin family--Claude D. is Brenda's father--has been in the bus terminal business here for the last 38 years. For 20 years the Baldwins operated the city bus terminal and parking lot at 118 E. Green St., and since 1947 they have been at the current Aurora St. address."
Officials made the announcement Monday night and they said that the new home would be the old Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad passenger station building west of Fulton St., between Seneca and State Sts....
A spokesman said the shift was permanent. The current bus terminal building , at 128-132 S. Aurora St... is scheduled to be demolished in Project 1 of Urban Renewal....
Proprietor of the Greyhound Bus Terminal is Mrs. Kathryn D. Baldwin, and manager is Miss Brenda Baldwin, a daughter.
The Baldwin family--Claude D. is Brenda's father--has been in the bus terminal business here for the last 38 years. For 20 years the Baldwins operated the city bus terminal and parking lot at 118 E. Green St., and since 1947 they have been at the current Aurora St. address."
"Bus Terminal to Relocate at West End," Ithaca Journal, May 4, 1965, 11.
May 4, 1965
A.L. Del Hull received a permit to build a new building in the West End to house the "Lakeview Dairy Co." which had been housed in the former Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Station.
"Hull Gets Permit to Build Dairy," Ithaca Journal, May 11, 1965
May 11, 1965
"The former Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Station at 701 W. Seneca St. is officially a local landmark, following a unanimous vote from Common Council.
The building is representative of the Prairie School style of architecture and was built in 1912 by prominent architect Frank J. Nies. The historic designation was recommended by the Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission and the Planning and Economic Development Committee prior to Wednesday’s Common Council meeting."
The building is representative of the Prairie School style of architecture and was built in 1912 by prominent architect Frank J. Nies. The historic designation was recommended by the Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission and the Planning and Economic Development Committee prior to Wednesday’s Common Council meeting."
"Former Ithaca rail station declared a local landmark," The Ithaca Voice, Jan. 3, 2019
January 3, 2019