"Fire of unknown origin discovered in the retail hardware store of Treman, King, & Co., at State and Cayuga streets, shortly before 5 o'clock this morning, reduced that large five-story establishment to a mass of charred walls and ruins, and extensively damaged adjacent building blocks, causing a loss that may reach $350,000 or more." This same fire also damaged the Lyceum block on Cayuga St, including its apartments, and the Colonial Building on State St.

"$350,000 Fire Destroys Treman Store, Ravages Adjoining Property; Seven Families Are Made Homeless," Ithaca Journal, May 4, 1921, 5.