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Residence of George D Shaw, Carvis P Wolf, Herman F. Tompkins, 302 Lake St 

Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 22, 2025 21:07

Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1930 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY

302 Lake St Ithaca (as of 1899) 88 Lake St Ithaca

Fred D Van Order, president-manager Sanitary Ice Cream and Milk Co, 701 W State St, home 511 W Seneca St

Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 10, 2025 20:22

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

701 W State St Ithaca

Fred D Van Order

  "By the signing of papers this afternoon, Edgar H. Bucklin became an equal partner with George Small, in the lumber and planing mill business, at the corner of Tioga and Green streets, which Mr. Small has conducted alone for the past thirty year...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 28, 2026 18:54

"A New Business Firm: Edgar H. Bucklin and George Small Enter Into Partnership," Ithaca Daily Journal, February 11, 1903, 6, accessed April 28, 202...

131-133 E Green St Ithaca (as of 1899) 31 E Green St Ithaca

H C T MOTOR CO Edgar E Tunison prop Hudson sales and service 430 W State 

Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 13, 2026 21:25

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

432 W State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 98-100 W State St Ithaca

Driscoll Bros & Co Inc., Lumber

Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 02, 2025 00:46

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

135-137 S Aurora St Ithaca

"Three-story, nine-bay, Greek Revival brick building with low-pitched, side-gabled roof; retains cast iron streetlevel piers dividing facade into three storefronts with display windows; upper stories retain rectangular windows  with stone lintels ...

Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on April 04, 2025 03:49

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

108 N Cayuga St Ithaca

116-120 North Cayuga St. Historic name: Clinton House (NR listed August 12, 1971) "Three-story, thirteen-bay, Greek Revival brick and stucco building with low hipped roof and full-height, projecting two-story gabled center porch with an Ionic col...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 29, 2024 00:37

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

120 N Cayuga St Ithaca
116-118 N Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 14-16 N Cayuga St Ithaca

Gegg's Red & White Grocery Store at 119-121 N Aurora St "By the end of the week, Gegg's Red & White at 119 N. Aurora St. will be part of the past.  To old regulars among the customers of the grocery store that has served the public there for 31 y...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 16, 2024 14:26

Elizabeth Rogers, "Art Gegg, a Neighborhood Grocer, Closing His Doors," Ithaca Journal, February 29, 1968, 13.

121 N Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1899) 21 N Aurora St Ithaca
119 N Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1899) 19 N Aurora St Ithaca

William Arthur Gegg

“The life of Napoleon has been spared. Fears that Ithaca’s famous thinking bulldog, Napoleon, would have to undergo capital punishment because he bit a trolley car conductor, may now be passed over lightly because kind-hearted Ithacans interceded ...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 01, 2024 17:15

“Saved Napoleon From Ignominious Death This Time: Police Had Him in a Cell and Sentence Was Hanging Over Him, but Friends’ Plea Was Granted and ‘Na...

Napoleon Ithaca's Thinking Bulldog

Arctic Ice Cream & Milk Co Inc ice cream manufacturers 402 Taughannock Blvd president Walter R Scholtzhauer, secretary-treasurer William A Luce Jr, assistant treasurer-manager Horace D. Brigham

Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 05, 2026 00:08

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

402 Taughannock Blvd Ithaca

Ben Johnson “was born at Haverhill, Grafton Co., N. H., June 22, 1784. His father was a native of Enfield [NH], in the same county. He was married in Fayette, Seneca Co., N. Y., Nov. 20, 1817, to Jane, a daughter of Peter Dey, an early settler in ...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 09, 2026 15:04

Henry B. Pierce and Duane Hamilton Hurd, History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins, and Schuyler Counties, New York, Philadelphia: Everts & Ensign, 1879,...

Ben Johnson

“Mrs. Nancy Dorsey, wife of Lloyd Dorsey, died at Willard yesterday. The funeral will be held to-morrow (Thursday), from her late home in this village, at 8 o’clock. Her age was 66 years, 9 months and 11 days.”

Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 31, 2026 01:21

“Local Affairs,” Trumansburg Sentinel, September 1, 1896, 3.

Nancy Dorsey

119-121 S Aurora St Traveler's Hotel, Harry E Potter, Proprietor 121 Rear S Aurora St George A Reed, Blacksmith

Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on April 01, 2025 23:01

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

119-121 S Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1899) 15-17 S Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1878) 14 S Aurora St Ithaca

Melissa Epps, widow Edward, resides 128 Cleveland Ave

Submitted by Eve Snyder on January 21, 2026 19:25

Norton & Goodhue’s Ithaca City Directory for 1917-18 Norton Printing Co, Ithaca, NY

Melissa Epps

College Chevrolet Co. Inc., 201-203 E Tompkins St

Submitted by Eve Snyder on February 11, 2026 01:11

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

201 E Tompkins St Ithaca

  “Died, in this village, Oct. 15, 1905 Jonathan Brown, aged 84 years. The funeral occurred Tuesday, Rev. H I Andrews officiating, interment in Grove Cemetery.   Mr. Brown was half-blood Indian, his father being a member of a Long Island tribe, a ...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 17, 2026 14:06

“Obituary,” Free Press and Sentinel (Trumansburg, NY), October 21, 1905, 3.

Jonathan Brown

"Mrs. Lovisa F. Cook, 86, widow of Henry H. Cook, died at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon at her home, 100 Cleveland avenue. The funeral will be held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the residence and internment will be made in Lake View Cemete...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on June 19, 2026 18:30

Obituary for Lovisa F Cook, Ithaca Journal, July 5, 1924, 5.

Ora A Spaulding

"The first recorded [Roman Catholic] Mass was said in the Maloney home  which probably was located at 611-613 W Green St., very possibly the little house now standing at 613 W. Green St."

Submitted by Eve Snyder on June 18, 2026 23:10

 "First Religious Service Held in a Hayloft," Ithaca Journal, May 22, 1965, 65.

613 W Green St Ithaca (as of 1899) 115 W Green St Ithaca

"Mrs. Rachel De Williams and little daughter of Rochester and Miss Winifred Bailor of Utica Institute in Mississippi are visiting their father, Daniel Bailor, who is quite feeble." 

Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 22, 2024 17:54

"Slaterville Springs," Ithaca Journal, February 21, 1923, 13.

Winifred Bailor
Daniel Bailor
Rachel A Bailor

  "He [Charles Otis Wilson]  was a life member of American Legion Post, a life member of the Musicians Union, a life member of Disabled American Veterans, and a member of Henry Garnet Lodge F. & A.M.   A veteran of World War I, he served as adjuta...

Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 27, 2024 17:25

"Tax Consultant is Dead at 77," Ithaca Journal, March 13, 1973, 5.

Charles Otis Wilson