“The Tompkins County Trust Company, representing a continuation under a new name of two of Ithaca’s long-established banks, will open its doors in the Ithaca Trust Company building, 110 North Tioga Street, on Monday morning, June 3.

The new institution, which will [be] the largest bank hereabouts, is a product of a merger between the Tompkins County National Bank and the Ithaca Trust Company. The merger was finally consummated Wednesday afternoon.”

“Ithaca’s Largest Banking Institution, Tompkins County Trust Company, to Begin Business Monday After Merger of 2 Banks,” Ithaca Journal, May 31, 1935, 3.