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Multi-Family Construction: Duplex shared with #303B S Plain St;  Roof of Main Structure: Shingle;  Additional Sections: Section 1, back (E), 1 story, composition roof / Section 2, back (E), 1 story, composition roof / both sections shared with #30...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 11, 2026 02:30

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, April 1910 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection

303 S Plain St Ithaca

Multi-Family Construction: ;  Roof of Main Structure: Non-combustible;  Additional Sections: Section 1, back (S), 2 stories, non-combustible roof, "Ice Cream Facty (factory), Elec. Motor. (electric motor) / Section 2, right (W), 3 stories, shingle...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 07, 2026 14:46

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, April 1910 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection

535 W State St Ithaca (as of 1911) 535-537 W State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 137 W State St Ithaca

Multi-Family Construction: Duplex shared with #225 S Plain St;  Roof of Main Structure: Shingle;  Additional Sections: Section 1, back (E), 1 story, shingle roof;  Porches: ;  Outbuildings: ;  Other: ;

Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 11, 2026 02:15

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, April 1910 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection

223 S Plain St Ithaca (as of 1899) 35 1/2 S Plain St Ithaca 35 S Plain St Ithaca

32nd Infantry Regiment U.S. Colored Troops Organized March 1, 1864 Muster Date August 22, 1865 "Fought on 30 Nov 1864 at Honey Hill, SC.  Fought on 7 Dec 1864 at Deveaux's Neck, SC. Fought on 9 Feb 1865 at James Island, SC. Fought on 10 Feb 1865 ...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 26, 2026 18:27

U.S. American Civil War Regiments, 1861-1866, Ancestry.com

David H Corson

Multi-Family Construction: ;  Roof of Main Structure: Non-combustible;  Additional Sections: Section 1, back (S), 2 stories, non-combustible roof, "Ice Cream Facty (factory), Elec. Motor. (electric motor) / Section 2, right (W), 3 stories, shingle...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 07, 2026 14:44

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, April 1910 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection

539 W State St Ithaca (as of 1911) 539-541 W State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 137 W State St Ithaca

Multi-Family Construction: ;  Roof of Main Structure: Non-combustible;  Additional Sections: Section 1, back (S), 2 stories, non-combustible roof, "Ice Cream Facty (factory), Elec. Motor. (electric motor) / Section 2, right (W), 3 stories, shingle...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 07, 2026 14:45

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, April 1910 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection

537 W State St Ithaca (as of 1919) 539-541 W State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 137 W State St Ithaca

Multi-Family Construction: ;  Roof of Main Structure: Composition;  Additional Sections: ;  Porches: ;  Outbuildings: ;  Other: Attached on left to #203 E Tompkins St, containing Sanborn 1910 "Oven";

Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 08, 2026 00:09

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, April 1910 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection

201 E Tompkins St Ithaca

“Rt. Rev. W. H. Hillery—Bishop of the California Episcopal District will preach in Zion church, Wheat St. next Sabbath evening at 7:30 o’clock, Subject, ‘Then and Now.’” 

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 10, 2026 17:03

“Local Items,” Ithaca Daily Journal, July 22, 1876, 4, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj18760722-01.1.4 

Rev William H Hillery

Ola Gordon, cook, of Ithaca, born in Warsaw NY, daughter of John Gordon and Mary Winters, married Floyd Boise [Boyce?] janitor, of Ithaca, born in Cleveland OH, July 27, 1910 in Ithaca, NY

Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 11, 2026 00:39

Ola Gordon in New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936, Ancestry.com

Ola Riley

“Mrs. Eleanor Irvin Hardy, daughter of Mrs. Vera L. Irvin of Cleveland Ave., has been appointed director of the Booker T. Washington Community Center in Auburn. A graduate of Ithaca College in 1940, Mrs. Hardy was a teacher in a negro school near ...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 11, 2026 00:27

“Ithacan Heads Auburn Center,” Ithaca Journal, September 11, 1942, 4.

Eleanor Hardy

Walter J. McCormick (McCormick & Burns), proprietor St. John's Hotel 634 W State, home the same.   McCormick & Burns (Walter F. McCormick & F D Burns) bottling works, 205 S Tioga St.

Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 04, 2026 23:41

Norton & Hanford’s Ithaca City Directory for 1899 Ithaca, NY

Walter McCormick

Multi-Family Construction: ;  Roof of Main Structure: Shingle;  Additional Sections: Section 1, left (W), 1 story - two stories high, shingle roof (#238 W Railroad Ave) / Section 2, left (W), 1 story - two stories high, shingle roof (#240 W Railro...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 07, 2026 14:12

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, April 1910 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection

238 W Lincoln St Ithaca (as of 1924) 238 W Neahga Ave Ithaca (as of 1919) 238 W Railroad Ave Ithaca

Multi-Family Construction: ;  Roof of Main Structure: Shingle;  Additional Sections: Section 1, left (W), 1 story - two stories high, shingle roof (#238 W Railroad Ave) / Section 2, left (W), 1 story - two stories high, shingle roof (#240 W Railro...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 07, 2026 14:16

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, April 1910 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection

236 W Lincoln St Ithaca (as of 1924) 236 W Neahga Ave Ithaca (as of 1919) 236 W Railroad Ave Ithaca

Multi-Family Construction: ;  Roof of Main Structure: Shingle;  Additional Sections: Section 1, left (W), 1 story - two stories high, shingle roof (#238 W Railroad Ave) / Section 2, left (W), 1 story - two stories high, shingle roof (#240 W Railro...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 07, 2026 14:18

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, April 1910 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection

240 W Lincoln St Ithaca (as of 1924) 240 W Neahga Ave Ithaca (as of 1919) 240 W Railroad Ave Ithaca

Multi-Family Construction: ;  Roof of Main Structure: Shingle;  Additional Sections: Section 1, back (N), 1 story, non-combustible roof;  Porches: ;  Outbuildings: ;  Other: Stable for #236, #238, #240, #242 W Railroad Ave;  Earlier Street Name: 2...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 07, 2026 14:20

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, April 1910 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection

232 W Lincoln St Ithaca (as of 1924) 232 W Neahga Ave Ithaca (as of 1919) 232 W Railroad Ave Ithaca

“S. E. Banks and wife of Ithaca to William R. Williams and wife of the same place, property on Wheat street.”

Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 10, 2026 22:06

“Real Estate Transfers,” Ithaca Journal, November 25, 1919, 5.

William Riley Williams

"The Ithaca YMCA was started in November 1868. Members met first in the old Cornell Public Library, then at the corner of Tioga and Seneca streets, and beginning in 1908 at 202 E Buffalo St. The Buffalo Street YMCA was destroyed by fire in May 197...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 09, 2026 20:58

Deborah Gesensway, "Dedication: YMCA Starts Fund Drive for Pool, Gym,"  Ithaca Journal, January 27, 1984, 7.

202 E Buffalo St Ithaca

“S. E. Banks and wife of Ithaca to William R. Williams and wife of the same place, property on Wheat street.”

Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 10, 2026 22:05

“Real Estate Transfers,” Ithaca Journal, November 25, 1919, 5.

Cornelia Williams

Obituary "Born a slave on a Virginia plantation, Mr. Walker ran away from home while still a young lad, and made his way to Baltimore and later went to Philadelphia. By the time the Civil War loomed on the horizon he had drifted still farther nort...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 22, 2024 17:35

"Picturesque Career Closes With Death of Colored Veteran," Ithaca Journal-News, June 15, 1926, 5. 

Robert Walker

Head-Titus Brum, age 75, born Greene County, married, none (occupation),owner of land Wife-Eunice Brum, age 72, born Cayuga County, married Son-Theodore F. Brum, age 29, born Tompkins County, single, waiter in hotel Daughter-Alice Brum, age 23, bo...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 09, 2026 23:10

1875 NY State Census, Town of Ithaca, ED 2, p12

Eunice C Brum