126-128 East State St. Historic name: Brooks BlockĀ 

"Three-story, five-bay, painted brick commercial building with slate-shingled mansard roof; street-level facade has two storefronts (both altered ca. 1970) with angled display windows and entrances; second and third stories retain rectangular windows with stone lintels and sills and historic one-over-one sash; three dormers have wood paneled gables; center dormer retains rectangular window with historic two-over-two sash while flanking dormers retain arched windows with historic one-over-one sash; Built ca. 1840; final half-story and mansard roof added after 1883; alteration ca. 1970.
Historical note: A. and C. Whaley founded the Brooks Pharmacy in 1850 and operated the pharmacy, later called Gauntlett and Brooks, in the first story from ca. 1890 until 1978. Local legend suggests that the building was used as an Underground Railroad stop."

Source

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Ithaca Downtown Historic District, December 18, 2004

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