The 1950 census was the first modern census to enumerate students at their college or university residences rather than their parents homes. The enumerator entered sheets 35A-53A as "Baker Dormitories." This designation appears to refer to the com...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 24, 2025 19:09
The 1949/50 Cornell University Student Directory is available to check the residences of students listed in Baker Dormitories on the 1950 census.
Birth of Margaret Elaine Stevenson The Ithaca Journal, Jan 29 1940, P. 4, under Births "A daughter, Margaret Elaine, was born Sunday at Memorial Hospital to the Rev. William Stevenson and Mrs. Stevenson of Forest Home."
Submitted by Caroline Arms on June 01, 2026 00:31
• Birth of Margaret Elaine Stevenson. The Ithaca Journal, Jan 29 1940, P. 4, under Births. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ithaca-journal-b...
Daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Westervelt on July 1 1929 The Ithaca Journal, Jul 8 1929, P. 11, Col. 5. under Slaterville Springs "A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Westervelt at the Ithaca Memorial Hospital July 1. Mrs. Westerve...
Submitted by Caroline Arms on July 08, 2026 14:05
• Daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Westervelt on July 1 1929. The Ithaca Journal, Jul 8 1929, P. 11, Col. 5. From Newspapers.com [https://www.n...
“The County Board of Supervisors held a special meeting Saturday and completed all business relative to the purchase of the site at the Inlet, where, in the future, county jail prisoners will be employed at breaking stone. The county will not gain...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 07, 2025 01:02
“Work for County Prisoners: Supervisors Complete Arrangements for Purchase of Stone Yard,” Ithaca Daily Journal, April 27, 1903, 6, https://www.nys...
Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1929 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
"Permission was given to Ben Light to erect a dwelling at 535 Linn St. closer to the street line than normally permitted in an A-residence district but he was restricted to 8 feet. Mrs. Neva K. Williams [Watros] who proposes to do the same thing a...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 21, 2025 21:24
"Permits Granted by Zoning Board," Ithaca Journal, May 21, 1949, 5.
115 W York St Ithaca (as of 1960)
117 W York St Ithaca (as of 1949)
533 Linn St Ithaca
The Cyclery, N Hanford, propr., bicycles and supplies, 5 Clinton Block, N Cayuga St Fowler Bicycle Agency, N Hanford, agt 5 Clinton Block Union Bicycle Agency, N Hanford, agt 5 Clinton Block
Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 13, 2025 18:26
1896-1897 Ithaca Directory, 108, 136, 307.
114 N Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1899)
8 N Cayuga St Ithaca
112 N Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1899)
8 N Cayuga St Ithaca
Ithaca General and Business Directory, 1878 Norton & Conklin, Publishers, Ithaca, NY
Multi-Family Construction: ; Roof of Main Structure: Non-combustible; Additional Sections: Section 1, back (S), 2 stories, wood frame, iron clad rear wall (S), non-combustible roof, access to Main Structure of #107 E State St on 1st floor; Porc...
Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on March 04, 2025 20:35
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, April 1910
Manning’s Ithaca Directory, March 1940 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
"Burns Road was originally Bush Road, but it was renamed for Mr. Thomas “Tommy” Burns who emigrated from England to Canada and then Caroline in the late 1800s. His son, “Tom” Burns, married Gladys Crispell, and was well known in the area for his f...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 02, 2025 20:08
Barbara Kone, "Town of Caroline," in Carol Kammen, ed. Place Names of Tompkins County, Ithaca, NY: Office of the Tompkins County Historian, 2004. 19.
News snippet, in a list of snippets Ithaca Daily Journal, 6 September 1911, p3, col 2 (near bottom) "- Fred C. Fowler has sold his house and lot on North Aurora street, and will build a bungalow on his lot in Forest Home. He has rented rooms t...
Submitted by Caroline Arms on April 05, 2026 20:59
• Ithaca Daily Journal, 6 September 1911, p3, col 2 (near bottom) [https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj19110906-01.1.3]
Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1930 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY