Narratives

"We have already mentioned the fact that Capt. Curtis Taber for a number of months past has been engaged at Jersey City in constructing an improved steam canal boat, also that a week or two ago the Captain was on his way through the Hudson with hi...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 27, 2024 18:45

"Improved Canal Steamer: An Ithaca Inventor's Success," Ithaca Daily Journal, July 16, 1877, 4, accessed September 27, 2024, https://nyshistoricnew...

Curtis Taber

Triangle Service Station

Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on April 05, 2025 04:16

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1954 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

301 S Cayuga St Ithaca

Houses at 216-222 S Cayuga St knocked down prior to 1954 when this half of the block became the location for Karl L. Phillipps, Inc., garage.

Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on April 05, 2025 03:49

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1954 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

216 S Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 30 S Cayuga St Ithaca

Houses at 216-222 S Cayuga St knocked down prior to 1954 when this half of the block became the location for Karl L. Phillipps, Inc., garage.

Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on April 05, 2025 03:51

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1954 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

218 S Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 32 S Cayuga St Ithaca

William Fosbinder, Boatyard West of Inlet, home 27 W State St

Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 21, 2025 13:43

Ithaca General and Business Directory, 1880 Norton & Conklin Publishers, Ithaca, NY

William Fosbinder

Salvation Army Citadel, Capt Harold B Payton Officer in Charge

Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on March 18, 2025 15:49

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, March 1940 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

121 W State St Ithaca

103 West State St. "Four-story, three-bay, brick building; stone lintels and sills (windows currently boarded over); brick frieze with three recessed panels beneath a coursed, denticulated brick comice. Street-level facade altered with T-111 sidi...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 28, 2024 23:32

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Ithaca Downtown Historic District, December 18, 2004.

103 W State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 3 W State St Ithaca

Ithaca Journal Publishing Co, Daily Newspaper-123-125 W State St

Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on March 18, 2025 15:54

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, March 1940 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

123 W State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 13 W State St Ithaca

A. M. Baker (A. M. Baker & Son) 52 W Seneca St A. M. Baker & Son (Absalom M and Jesse M Baker), boat yard West of Inlet

Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 21, 2025 19:48

Ithaca General and Business Directory, 1880 Norton & Conklin Publishers, Ithaca, NY

Absalom M Baker
Jesse M Baker

"Three-story commercial building located at the southwest corner of Cayuga Street; street-level facade clad in dark stone veneer in a rough-cut, irregular rectilinear pattern with wide, arched windows; upper stories clad in buff stone veneer; seco...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 28, 2024 23:40

Source: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Ithaca Downtown Historic District, December 18, 2004

101 W State St Ithaca (as of 1946)

222 1/2 S Cayuga St  Ray's Store

Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on April 05, 2025 03:58

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1954 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

222 1/2 S Cayuga St Ithaca

Frank Daino, Grocer, 632 W Buffalo St.

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 19, 2025 15:43

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1931 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

632 W Buffalo St Ithaca (as of 1899) 160 W Buffalo St Ithaca

Frank Daino

105 West State St. "Four-story, buff tapestry brick commercial building; street-level facade retains a deeply recessed store entrance flanked by c.1915 display windows capped by leaded glass transoms; secondary entrance to the upper stories; seco...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 28, 2024 23:48

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Ithaca Downtown Historic District, December 18, 2004 

105 W State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 5 W State St Ithaca

Rothschild Bros, Department Store, 100-126 S Tioga St

Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 03, 2025 22:02

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, March 1949 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

116 S Tioga St Ithaca

Baldwin’s Bus Terminal (rear entrance)

Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 03, 2025 22:12

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, March 1949 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

121 S Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 13 S Tioga St Ithaca

Frank Daino, proprietor Lehigh Valley Hotel, home the same.

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 19, 2025 15:38

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, March 1940 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

Frank Daino

111 S Tioga St Edward J Casey, lawyer The “Cornell Widow” Bernard V Moore, photographer House of Charm Beauty Salon Emmett B Selman, insurance W A Haflin Realty Service

Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 03, 2025 21:54

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, March 1949 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

111 S Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 11 S Tioga St Ithaca

Rothschild Bros, Department Store-100-126 S Tioga St

Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 03, 2025 21:52

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, March 1949 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

110 S Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 12 S Tioga St Ithaca

Rothschild Bros, Department Store-100-126 S Tioga St

Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 03, 2025 21:55

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, March 1949 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

112 S Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899)

Wool-Scott Bakery, 213 S Tioga St

Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 04, 2025 01:36

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1954 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

213 S Tioga St Ithaca