"The Zion Methodist Episcopal Church has been organized in our village, nearly 45 years ... It occupies an unpretending wooden buildingon Wheat street, near Corn, which will seat about 400. The number of members is about 80, over whom, as pastor, is Major H. Ross."

Directory of the Village of Ithaca, 1869-70, 22.

Ithaca Journal Office, Ithaca, NY