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“Miss Elliott, who has for many years conducted a cigar box factory at 131 East Green street, is going to move to the floor above the Star Theater. The building she now occupies will be torn down and the ground graded, making a west side exist fro...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 13, 2026 04:02

Ithaca Daily Journal, February 3, 1909, 6, accessed march 13, 2026, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj19090203-01.1.6

Helen M Elliott

Elsie J Johnson / Elsie J Corson and John Wooby married on July 5, 1900 in Ithaca, NY

Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 26, 2026 18:41

Elsie J Johnson in the New York State Marriage Index, 1881-1967, Ancestry.com

John Wooby
Elsie Wooby

"A tractor-trailer carrying a load of cars crashed into Simeon’s Bistro on The Commons just after 4 p.m. June 20. The vehicle crashed into the corner of the building, located at the intersection of North Aurora Street and East State Street, while ...

Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on April 14, 2025 14:21

"Truck crashes into Commons restaurant" June 20, 2014 The Ithacan

224 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 86 E State St Ithaca

“George Atsedes, a restaurant proprietor in Ithaca for 20 years, has purchased the Tompkins Hotel at Aurora and Seneca Sts. from Thomas A. Herson and sold the Club Caret, 106 N. Tioga St., to the Tompkins County Trust Company. The Club Caret will ...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 01, 2025 12:37

Multi-Family Construction: ;  Roof of Main Structure: Non-combustible;  Additional Sections: ;  Porches: ;  Outbuildings: ;  Other: Wood frame partition separating Main Structure from #214 E State St / Skylight / Unknown element in back right (NE)...

Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on March 13, 2025 20:27

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, April 1910

212 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 74 E State St Ithaca (as of 1867) 38 Owego St Ithaca

134-136 S Aurora St Driscoll Bros. Mill

Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 04, 2025 03:00

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

136 S Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1899) 24 S Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1878) 23 S Aurora St Ithaca

“Ithaca Loan Finance Co. has bought the old J. C. Stowell wholesale grocers building next door to the Ithaca Journal and will start soon to demolish the historic structure to make way for a modern, two-story office building. The structure includes...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 21, 2025 15:41

In the 1900 census, John H Hintermeister lived in Aspinwall, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania with wife Anna M, age 33, and sons William T, age 11, Otto, age 4, and Otis, age 4. His occupation was listed as manuf - Pianos + Organs.

Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 25, 2025 15:57

John Hintermeister in the 1900 United States Census, Aspinwall, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania.

John Henry Hintermister

Cornea Dance Studio

Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 19, 2024 21:02

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1963 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

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

"The Tompkins County Trust Company's expansion project, connecting the bank building to the old Tompkins County Clerk's Office, is rapidly taking shape. Bricklayers are now setting up the masonry link where the Sideboard Restaurant once stood. It...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 05, 2024 01:22

"About 13 people were left homeless when a four-alarm fire ripped through a brick building on West State Street this morning."

Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 20, 2024 03:20

David Goodwin, "13 Escape From Blaze Downtown," Ithaca Journal, June 30, 1988, 1.

132-134 W State St Ithaca (as of 1920)

"Smoke began seeping beneath the eaves of the two-story, 155-year-old building Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., then spread quickly engulfing the roof and upper floor."

Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 20, 2024 02:16

Ithaca Savings and Loan Association

Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 30, 2025 23:46

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

101 S Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1899) 3 S Aurora St Ithaca

Name: Gary Bailor Address: 90 Bailor Rd

Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 20, 2024 22:48

Street Directory for Town of Caroline, Compiled by Ralph Denman, Century System Rural House Numbering, May 1957. HistoryForge transcription.

90 Bailor Rd Caroline

Garry C Bailor

Multi-Family Construction: ;  Roof of Main Structure: Non-combustible;  Additional Sections: ;  Porches: ;  Outbuildings: ;  Other: Wood frame partition separating Main Structure from #212 E State St / Two Skylights / Unknown element in back left ...

Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on March 13, 2025 20:32

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, April 1910

214 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 76 E State St Ithaca (as of 1867) 40 Owego St Ithaca

“’Napoleon,’ well known mascot of Campus and city, will carry a muzzle as the result of being incarcerated in one of the cells of the city police station yesterday. "Nap," so officials of the Ithaca Traction Corporation allege, has taken to biting...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 01, 2024 17:14

“’Napoleon’ Bites Conductor Must Now Wear Muzzle,” Cornell Daily Sun, August 7, 1914, 

Napoleon Ithaca's Thinking Bulldog

Stallman of Ithaca/Stallman Distributing Co 123-131 S Tioga St G V Hovanec Displays 129 S Tioga St

Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 03, 2025 22:18

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

123-127 S Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 15-19 S Tioga St Ithaca

Jeremiah Blackman, age 106, male, Black, widowed, place of birth Virginia, died in April 1880 of old age, had been a resident of the county for 90 years.

Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 27, 2026 21:18

Jeremiah Blackman, U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, Ancestry.com

Jeremiah Blackman

The Bank of Newburgh Building:  "Originally located at 113 West State Street, where the State Theater now stands. It was built ca. 1820 by local carpenter Luther Gere as both a residence and a bank. It housed Ithaca's first bank, a branch of the B...

Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on March 18, 2025 15:32

Historic Ithaca, DeWitt Park Historic District and Downtown Ithaca: An Architectural Walking Tour.

113 W State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 9 W State St Ithaca

Christiance-Dudley Pharmacy, Inc (De Forest F Christiance President, Mark H Minar Vice President, Frank T Dudley Secretary)-214-216 E State St  Chase & Co, Men’s Furnishings  Dr Frank M Jenks, Dentist  The Robinson Studio, Inc (John F Lonergan Pre...

Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on March 13, 2025 20:31

Norton & Goodhue’s Ithaca City Directory for 1919-20 Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY

214 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 76 E State St Ithaca (as of 1867) 40 Owego St Ithaca