"[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.
Multi-Family Construction: ; Roof of Main Structure: Shingle; Additional Sections: Section 1, back (W), 1 story, shingle roof; Porches: Porch 1, front left inset (SE), 1 story, non-combustible roof / Porch 2, back left (S), 1 story, non-combust...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 04, 2025 23:44
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, April 1910 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection
420 Utica St Ithaca (as of 1899) 86 Utica St Ithaca (as of 1880) 82 Utica 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
Stagg, Thaler & Stagg, lawyers New York Telephone Co, business office and plant chief's office
Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on April 03, 2025 00:49
Manning’s Ithaca Directory, March 1940 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
220 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1913) 214 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 38 N Tioga St Ithaca
“Most Worshipful Grand Master David W. Parker, and Arthur A. Schomburg, grand secretary of the State of New York, made their official visit to H. H. Garnet Lodge Saturday evening. The degrees were exemplified, followed by a banquet. Sunday afterno...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 01, 2025 19:43
“Terse City News,” Ithaca Journal, April 22, 1919, 7.
“‘Napoleon,’ the English bulldog, so familiar to students of the regular session and townspeople, has returned. ‘Nap,’ as he is commonly called, left Ithaca with a party of students for New York shortly after Senior Week. He attended the races at ...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 01, 2024 17:11
“’Napoleon’ Back on the Campus Again, Cornell Daily Sun, July 14, 1914
Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1954 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
108 S Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1899)
6 1/2 S Cayuga St Ithaca
106 S Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1899)
6 S Cayuga St Ithaca
"Seneca Street was vastly changed by urban renewal, a massive federal effort in the 1950s and 1960s that resulted in the demolition of old buildings to make way for new construction and parking. Located on the northeast corner, site of the current...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 10, 2024 00:54
Historic Ithaca, DeWitt Park Historic District and Downtown Ithaca: An Architectural Walking Tour, 22. http://www.historicithaca.org/
210 E Seneca St Ithaca
208 E Seneca St Ithaca
206 E Seneca St Ithaca
E Seneca and N Tioga St Ithaca
107-119 West State St. The State Theatre (NR listed 1996) "Two-story, four-bay buff brick, mixed use (theater and storefronts) building with brick pilasters between second story bays and coped parapet roof above a narrow concrete band comice; eac...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 28, 2024 23:54
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Ithaca Downtown Historic District, December 18, 2004
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
"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
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.
"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...
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
224 East State St., 104-106 North Aurora St. Historic name: Griffin Block "Four-story, three-bay wide, ten-bay deep, red brick Italianate-style commercial building located at the comer of Aurora Street; State Street facade has restored cast iron...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 25, 2024 01:19
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Ithaca Downtown Historic District, December 18, 2004
224 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899)
86 E State St Ithaca
104 N Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1899)
4 N Aurora St Ithaca
106 N Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1899)
6 N Aurora St Ithaca
106 W State St "Three-story painted brick building; street-level facade retains remodeled display window storefront with central recessed entrance; second and third-story fenestration retains single three-part wide windows with historic two- over...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 20, 2024 16:51
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Ithaca Downtown Historic District, December 18, 2004
106 W State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 6 W State St Ithaca (as of 1884)
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
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 geomet...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 20, 2024 03:37
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Ithaca Downtown Historic District, December 18, 2004