Frank Dans, News Dealer Joseph Schmaus, Clothier and Furnisher Alfred B Dale, Architect and Real Estate Henry J Grant, Insurance and Real Estate Arthur W Howe, Violin Maker Squire B Rolfe, Real Estate Henry W Simpson, Agent Provident Life an...
Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on March 04, 2025 20:31
Norton & Hanford’s Ithaca City Directory for 1899 Ithaca, NY
From the Cayuga Heights History Project (circa 2019) School No. 22/Schoolhouse No. 6 (Also known as the Kline Schoolhouse) 1001 Hanshaw Road School District No. 22 As early as 1823, residents of what would become the Village of Cayuga Heights ha...
Submitted by Caroline Arms on March 08, 2025 22:58
• Village of Cayuga Heights History, 1001 Hanshaw Road. [https://www.cayugaheightshistory.org/kline-schoolhouse.html] • 1866 Atlas of Tompkins Coun...
Family of William H Adams, New York, U.S., State Census, 1865, 1st Election District of Ithaca, page 57, lines 24-28 Dwelling 371, Dwelling made of Board, value $450 Family 402 Wm H Adams, age 48, male, Black, place of birth, Pennsylvania, married...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 22, 2024 16:07
"New York State Census, 1865," FamilySearch, entry for Wm H Adams and Mary Adams, 1865.
119-121 Jamieson & McKinney Building 121 Jamieson-McKinney Co, plumbers, steam and gas fitters, heating and lighting
Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 28, 2025 23:23
Norton & Goodhue’s Ithaca City Directory for 1909 Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY
121 S Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 17 S Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1898)
“The new mill owned run [sic] by the VanNatta brothers has already come into great favor, and its capacity is taxed to the utmost to supply the demand. At first it was thought that three ‘run’ of stone would be enough to do the work, but a fourth ...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 21, 2025 19:43
“VanNatta Brothers’ New Mill,” Ithaca Daily Journal, May 4, 1877, 4, cols. 4-5, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj18770504-01.1.4
Broad Fields of Study Planned in New Naval Reserve Building; nearing completion in March 1949. The Ithaca Journal, March 17, 1949, Page 5. via Newspapers.com "A glistening new building at the headwaters of Cayuga Lake is rapidly nearing completi...
Submitted by Caroline Arms on January 23, 2026 03:06
• The Ithaca Journal, March 17 1949, P. 5, with photo of building. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ithaca-journal-broad-fields-of-study/185...
1 James L Gibbs Dr Ithaca (as of 1987) 1701 N Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1971) ROTC N Cayuga St Ithaca
Girl Scout Day Camp, August 15, 1934 The Ithaca Journal, Aug 17 1934, P. 7, Col. 3. 'Twenty-eight Scouts enjoyed the last Girl Scout Day Camp of the season Wednesday at Taughannock State Park. Each patrol chose a game they wished to play during ...
Submitted by Caroline Arms on June 30, 2026 20:10
• Girl Scout Day Camp, August 15, 1934. The Ithaca Journal, Aug 17 1934, P. 7, Col. 3. From Newspapers.com [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
Marriage of Mary Gene Savage to Rowland Allen Wells on July 18 1941 in Raymond, Maine. The Ithaca Journal, Sep 15 1941, P. 4 "Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Seth Savage announce the marriage of their daughter, Mary Gene, to Rowland Allen Wells, grandson of ...
Submitted by Caroline Arms on February 10, 2026 14:04
• Marriage of Mary Gene Savage to Rowland Allen Wells on July 18 1941 in Raymond, Maine. The Ithaca Journal, Sep 15 1941, P. 4. From Newspapers.com...
A.S. Cowdry Carriage and Wagonmakers 5 and 7 S Aurora St
Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 10, 2026 01:32
Boyd’s Directory of Binghamton, Elmira, Ithaca, and Owego, 1864 Binghamton, NY
124 S Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1899) 18 S Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1878) 15-17 S Aurora St Ithaca
Dogs Tangle with Porcupine. Treated in Small Animal Clinic at Cornell. The Ithaca Journal, Oct 17 1949, P. 5 "Porcupine can now be added to the list of wild animals in Tompkins County. Blackie and Brownie, collie and shepherd dogs belonging to...
Submitted by Caroline Arms on March 01, 2026 12:16
• Dogs Tangle with Porcupine. Treated in Small Animal Clinic at Cornell. The Ithaca Journal, Oct 17 1949, P. 5. [https://www.newspapers.com/article...
Norton’s Ithaca City Directory and County Business Directory for 1890-91 E. D. Norton, Printer and Publisher, Ithaca, NY
507 N Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 107 N Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1888)
1937 Compass System Rural Index Name: Thomas Mark Manley Compass System Address: 2E Ithaca 14P Current Road Name: Mitchell St (formerly Mitchell St Extension and before that, Ellis Hollow Rd) Farm Type/Residence: Residence Owned or Rented: Owned
Submitted by Caroline Arms on March 22, 2026 02:18
Tompkins County, N.Y. Rural Index & "Compass System" Map, Ithaca, N.Y.: Rural Directories, Inc., 1937. Digitized version available on NYHeritage.
“A $37,000 fire-proof, concrete and steel Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority House will be erected from the ruins of the old at 508 Thurston Avenue by March 1, according to C. C. Tallman, Ithaca architect. Rising three stories and containing 22 rooms ...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 17, 2025 20:56
“Kappa Kappa Gammas Will Erect New House,” Cornell Daily Sun, February 18, 1937, 5, accessed February 17, 2025.
508 Thurston Ave Ithaca (as of 1937)
508 Thurston Ave Ithaca (as of 1913)
70 Thurston Ave Ithaca (as of 1899)
Norton & Goodhue’s Ithaca City Directory for 1911-12 Ithaca, NY
“Plans to make Theodore W. Wharton's new studio on West State street one of the finest and most modernly equipped motion picture production plants of its kind in this state, were announced yesterday by Mr. Wharton who was in the city perfecting pr...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 16, 2025 18:57
“Begin Work on New Wharton Movie Studio,” Ithaca Journal, July 30, 1919, 5.
Tompkins County Department of Assessment
Baltimore Student (Elizabeth Born) to Publish Newspaper The Baltimore Sun, May 10 1932, P. 3, Col. 6, with photo "Miss Born, associate editor of the newspaper of Syracuse University, where she is in her junior year, is one of a group of students...
Submitted by Caroline Arms on July 11, 2026 01:15
• Baltimore Student (Elizabeth Born) to Publish Newspaper. The Baltimore Sun, May 10 1932, P. 3, Col. 7. From Newspapers.com [https://www.newspaper...