“Five hundred invitations have been sent friends of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Williams of 119 Cleveland Ave, who will observe their 50th wedding anniversary at their home on Tuesday, November 11. The reason for the many invitations is that Mr. Willi...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 10, 2026 22:09
“W. R. Williams Will Celebrate Golden Wedding Nov. 11,” Ithaca Journal, October 30, 1930, 7.
Directory of the Village of Ithaca, 1869-70 Ithaca Journal Office, Ithaca, NY
Multi-Family Construction: ; Roof of Main Structure: Non-combustible; Additional Sections: ; Porches: ; Outbuildings: Outbuilding 1, 1 story, shingle roof / Outbuilding 2 "Shed", 1 story, shingle roof; Other: Sanborn 1910: #420 E Railroad Ave...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 22, 2025 21:17
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, April 1910 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection
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
"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.
Multi-Family Construction: ; Roof of Main Structure: Shingle; Additional Sections: Section 1, back (N), 1 story, shingle roof; Porches: Porch 1, front (S), 1 story, shingle roof; Outbuildings: Outbuilding 1, 2 stories, shingle roof (or 'x' cou...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 26, 2025 01:03
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, April 1910 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection
“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
Multi-Family Construction: ; Roof of Main Structure: Shingle; Additional Sections: Section 1, back (N), 1 story, shingle roof; Porches: Porch 1, front right inset (SE), 1 story, shingle roof; Outbuildings: ; Other: ;
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 05, 2025 19:03
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, April 1910 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection
212 Madison St Ithaca (as of 1899) 30 Madison St Ithaca (as of 1878) 32 Madison St Ithaca
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
Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46802637/fred-a-mcclune
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
"[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.
Norton & Goodhue’s Ithaca City Directory for 1919-20 Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY