“Mr. Carpenter retired in 1948 after 18 years as superintendent of the Ithaca City Water Department…. He came to work for the city in 1931. He served as a member of the Board of Public Works and was a member of the brokerage firm, MacCumber & Lark...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 05, 2025 18:42
“G. D. Carpenter Dies at 77,” Ithaca Journal, January 16, 1960, 3.
“James H. Cooper, 80 of 519 W. Green St., died Saturday, December 15, 1944, in Memorial Hospital after a long illness. A 32nd degree Mason of the Henry Hyland Garnet Lodge 40, he was also a past master of the Masons, a member of Lodge 180 of ...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 15, 2026 14:54
“Deaths, Funerals: James H Cooper,” Ithaca Journal, December 18, 1944, 15.
“Mrs. Hannah Stillwell, 87, died last night at her home, 102 North Tioga street. She leaves thress sons, Ira N. Stillwell and Elmer C. Stillwell of this city, and Louis K. Stillwell of Ilion; three sisters, Mrs. Essie J. VanOrder, Mrs. Eliza Brown...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 28, 2025 21:59
“Deaths and Funerals: Mrs. Hannah Stillwell,” Ithaca Journal-News, November 2, 1921, 5.
Christance-Dudley (President Claude H. Mitchell; Vice President George E. Minar; Treasurer Mark H. Minar), Pharmacy-214-216 E State St Thomas H. Williamson, Dentist Baker Dental Laboratory, Albert C. Baker Proprietor The Robinson Studio, Inc. (...
Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on March 13, 2025 20:31
Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1930 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
214 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 76 E State St Ithaca (as of 1867) 40 Owego St Ithaca
"Died: Adams, Emma P., age 91, of 401 Convent Ave., Apt. 3A, New York City departed this life Saturday, Aug. 28, 1965. Previously she had been a resident of Ithaca, N.Y. for many years. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Lela A. Cobbs of New...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 08, 2025 01:26
Obituary of Mrs. Emma P Adams, Ithaca Journal, September 11, 1965, 3.
“111 E. Seneca (probably before 1851). Very little is known about this charming small Greek Revival house, which now contains an office. The first map to show the building in its present location is the one from 1871. Maps done in 1851 and 1866 sh...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 17, 2025 15:52
Daniel Snodderly, Ithaca and Its Past, 50-51.
“Mrs. Ida McWhorter yet occupies her old house, which has been moved into Farm street to make room for the new building she is causing to be erected.”
Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 27, 2025 18:55
“City Chat,” Ithaca Daily Journal, August 26, 1895, 3, col. 1, https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj18950826-01.1.3
"John F. Brown, 73, of 406 S Plain Street, died at 2 o'clock Sunday morning, Oct. 23. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 25, at the home. The Rev. D. M. Byrd will officiate. Burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery. H...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 05, 2025 19:33
"Deaths and Funerals: John F. Brown," Ithaca Journal, October 24, 1932, 5.
"Frank Snyder, 92, of 310 Farm St., died Friday, Mar. 31, 1950, at the Cleary Nursing Home, 207 N. Albany St.... Son of the late Jacob Snyder, an early resident and after whom Snyder Hill was named, he lived on Snyder Hill for many years and helpe...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 24, 2025 00:38
Obituary of Frank Snyder, Ithaca Journal, April 1, 1950, 3.
“Fred A. Townley, aged 58 years, a well-known contractor, died at 5:45 o’clock this morning at the family residence, 108 Cascadilla Park after a year’s illness. Just one year ago today he suffered a stroke, which was followed by several more. He w...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 25, 2025 17:25
“Fred A. Townley Dies After Year’s Illness,” Ithaca Journal, February 16, 1917, 3.
"A proposed new business block at 138-140 E State St will replace an old brick structure now being razed."
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 27, 2025 23:33
"Construction This Year May Total $3,500,000, Ithaca Journal, August 6, 1948, 3.
138-140 E State St Ithaca
140 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899)
42 E State St Ithaca
138 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899)
40 E State St Ithaca
“Professor Juan E. Reyna, 102, former professor of agricultural engineering at Cornell University, died Monday, Oct. 7, 1974, in Lakeside Nursing Home. Born in Mexico, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Crescencio Reyna of San Juan Plantation, Morelos, ...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 15, 2025 20:15
“J. Reyna, CU Prof, Dies, 102,” Ithaca Journal, October 8, 1974, 4.
"Fall Creek mill, one of the oldest landmarks in Tompkins County, is doomed. Sale of the building on Lake Street, just south of the Fall Creek bridge, to Floyd D. Poyer of Ithaca R. D. 3 was announced by Cornell University officials today. Under t...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on October 16, 2024 19:21
"Razing Fall Creek Mill, Ithaca Historic Landmark; Cornell Beautifying Site," Ithaca Journal, September 11, 1931, 5.
“Michael Granville, 84, died on Monday night, May 9, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Corey Willsey, on the Spencer Road, after a brief illness. The funeral will be held at 8:30 o’clock on Thursday morning, May 12, at the home of his daughter, Mr...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 16, 2025 00:01
“Deaths and Funerals: Michael Granville,” Ithaca Journal-News, May 10, 1927, 5.
“Mrs. Carman Reyna Bayliss, 30, died Tuesday, June, 17, 1941, in Burbank, Calif. She is survived by her husband, Leonard Bayliss, three children, Ronald, Billy and Sharon Philleo; her father, Ysidro Reyna of Paterson, N.J.; two sisters, Mrs. H. S....
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 16, 2025 02:01
“Deaths, Funerals: Mrs. Carman Reyna Bayliss,” Ithaca Journal, June 19, 1941, 3.
110 N Tioga St Tompkins County Trust Co Tompkins County Trust Co, Trust Department Robert Eastman, Inc
Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 01, 2025 14:27
Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1954 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
110 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1952) 106 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 8 N Tioga St Ithaca
“Tompkins County will acquire the Tompkins Trust building after county legislators voted unanimously in favor of the move. The legislature wants to use the building, at 106 to 112 North Tioga St., to relocate the History Center from the Gateway Bu...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 01, 2025 14:22
Matt Steecker, “Tompkins Trust building buy OK’d,” Ithaca Journal, June 8, 2017, 1A.
110 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1952) 106 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 8 N Tioga St Ithaca
“Tompkins County will acquire the Tompkins Trust building after county legislators voted unanimously in favor of the move. The legislature wants to use the building, at 106 to 112 North Tioga St., to relocate the History Center from the Gateway Bu...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 01, 2025 14:21
Matt Steecker, “Tompkins Trust building buy OK’d,” Ithaca Journal, June 8, 2017, 1A.
110 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1952) 106 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 8 N Tioga St Ithaca