"[William A.] Murray started in 1914 to service cars with gasoline from steel drums. He converted a former cider mill into an auto repair shop. This shop was across the street from the service station, on the present site of a parking lot."
Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 10, 2024 18:48
“Bruces Buy Early Ithaca Gas Station,” Ithaca Journal, June 13, 1962, 8.
“Another Ithaca landmark will soon disappear. The old Forest City Hotel will be demolished in the expansion of South Cayuga Street as the city’s automotive center. The hotel, located at 225 South Cayuga Street, and in recen...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 04, 2025 17:24
“Century Old Tavern Coming Down,” Ithaca Journal, May 22, 1937, 5.
225 S Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 41 S Cayuga St Ithaca 43 S Cayuga St Ithaca
108-112 W State St-Gregg Block "Four-story, seven-bay, painted brick, Italianate-style, commercial building; upper stories retain tall arched windows set in recessed brick bays with cast iron hood moldings (corbel stops removed) accented by geome...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 20, 2024 03:44
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Ithaca Downtown Historic District, December 18, 2004
108 W State St Ithaca (as of 1899)
8 W State St Ithaca
110 W State St Ithaca (as of 1899)
10 W State St Ithaca
"Mr. Ashdown was born in this city in a house on the present site of the Central Southern Railroad freight station at Fall Creek, formerly the old show grounds. He resided continuously in this city, the old Ashdown homestead being located in the h...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 04, 2025 19:46
Obituary of James J. Ashdown, Ithaca Journal, March 9, 1917, p3.
Manning’s Ithaca Directory, March 1949 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
“Every man who reached the fire, appeared to work to the very best purpose, and the result was that the building was saved and a disastrous conflagration prevented…. The building contained nothing but the bare machinery. Mr. Stoddard had vacated i...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 13, 2025 02:38
“Fire, Last Night,” Ithaca Daily Journal, February 10, 1875, 4, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj18750210-01.1.4
Multi-Family Construction: ; Roof of Main Structure: Shingle; Additional Sections: Section 1, back (S), 1 story, composition roof / Section 2, inset back right corner of Section 1, 1 story, unknown roof, brick, "not used oven"; Porches: Porch 1...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 17, 2025 16:12
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, April 1910 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection
220-222 East State St Historic name: Naughton-Brown Building "Four-story, six-bay, painted brick commercial building; street-level facade has two altered storefronts (1963), with display windows and recessed entrances; second and third-story wind...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 25, 2024 01:59
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Ithaca Downtown Historic District, December 18, 2004
222 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899)
84 E State St Ithaca
220 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899)
82 E State St Ithaca
Multi-Family Construction: ; Roof of Main Structure: Shingle; Additional Sections: Section 1, left (E), 1 story, non-combustible roof / Section 2, back (S), 1 story, non-combustible roof; Porches: Porch 1, front (N), no story or roof details, s...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 17, 2025 16:12
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, April 1910 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection
Manning’s Ithaca Directory, March 1949 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
124 S Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1899) 18 S Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1878) 15-17 S Aurora St Ithaca
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, April 1910 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection
130 E Court St Ithaca (as of 1924) 130 E Mill St Ithaca (as of 1899) 22 E Mill St Ithaca