“Plans were announced today by H. Karch, proprietor of Holley’s for a two-story, medernistic[sic], fire resistant structure on the vacant lot at 119-121 E. State St. Mr. Karch has just concluded negotiations with R. C. Osborn for a long-term lease….Many modern innovations will be included in the structure which will be of steel frame, with cinder block sidewalls. The State St. front will be built of prism glass blocks and terra cotta with aluminite aluminum trim…. The building will have herculite glass front doors, carpeted and magnastite terrazzo floors, a fluorescent lighting system and year-around air-conditioning. Customers will enter the main entrance into the accessories department, from which they will through an arched passage flanked on each side with displays, into a spacious ready-to-wear department. A spiral stairway to the mezzanine will have an aluminite aluminum stair rail, with rope swag to harmonize, and a drinking fountain.”

“New Structure To Be Built For Holley’s,” Ithaca Journal, October 4, 1940, 5.