"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.
Bernstein Bldg. Card's Boot Shop (Timothy A. Card and Donald W. Card), Shoe Dealers Robert S. Gutsell, Physician William H. DeVoy, Chiropractor
Submitted by Genevieve Barbee on March 13, 2025 20:26
Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1930 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
212 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899) 74 E State St Ithaca (as of 1867) 38 Owego St Ithaca
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
“Samuel Grover, a colored man who with his wife was employed by B. I. Norton at Groton, died suddenly on Monday of last week. The funeral was held at the home of Mr. Norton on Thursday; burial at Ledyard. Mr. Grover was born at King Ferry, and for...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on July 30, 2026 16:00
“The Village Notes,” Genoa Tribune (Genoa, New York), December 18, 1903, 5.
“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
"Miss Mary Elizabeth Bessac, 95, for many years a resident of 118 E Court St., died Sunday Nov. 27, 1949, at the Pine Crest Nursing Home, Town of Groton, after a long illness. Before her illness she was an active member of the First Presbyteri...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 19, 2026 23:36
"Deaths, Funerals: Miss Mary Elizabeth Bessac," Ithaca Journal, November 28, 1949, 3.
"The oldest wooden commercial structure in Ithaca, the building at 124-126 W. State St. housed two apartments and two businesses--the State Smoke Shop and the calzone shop D.P. Dough. After the fire that gutted the upper stories, the city's buildi...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 20, 2024 02:20
Lea Setegn, "State St. Fire Fixes Continue," Ithaca Journal, January 9, 1996, 3.
Obituary of Marsaille Jenkins, Ithaca Journal, March 9, 1966 3
"Freeville -- Leon William (Bill) Johnson Sr., of 482 Sheldon Rd. died Thursday, Jan. 6, 1972. The son of the late Charles Phillip Johnson, he was born October. 13, 1908, in Madison County. He is survived by a son, Leo Johnson Jr. of Rochest...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 18, 2026 19:05
"Deaths, Funerals: Leo William (Bill) Johnson Sr.," Ithaca Journal, January 10, 1972, 4.
“A five-story building at 109-111 N Aurora St. housing Head’s Camera Shop and Central American (Gift) Shop as well as 12 persons in upper floor apartments was destroyed today in a pre-dawn fire…. The building, more than 130 years old, is the only ...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 17, 2024 16:51
Sue Strandberg, “Fire Destroys Downtown Business, Apartment Building,” Ithaca Journal, January 3, 1968, 13, 21
111 N Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1899)
11 N Aurora St Ithaca
109 N Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1899)
9 N Aurora 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.
“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.
"He Was a Veteran Boat Builder, Well Known on the Lakes--Constructed Many of the Boats That Plied to and From This Port. Benjamin F. Taber, one of the oldest and best-known citizens of this city, died at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at his residenc...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 27, 2024 13:57
"B.F. Taber Called To His Reward: Aged and Respected Resident Died This Afternoon," Ithaca Daily Journal, February 19, 1909, 3, accessed September ...
"I would like to pay my respects to 'Charlie' as he was known by so many Ithacans. During World War I he worked up to become a sergeant in the army, and went overseas to France near the end of the war in a contingent of about 2,000 negro troo...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 27, 2024 17:30
Allan H. Treman, "Letters to the Editor: Charlie Was Quite a Man," Ithaca Journal, March 26, 1973, 11.
"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.
“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
"Located at the southeast corner of Seneca Way and Aurora St. it is the second all-new building to be completed in Project 1 of the Urban Renewal program, the first being Woolworth's Department Store."
Submitted by Eve Snyder on August 16, 2024 14:08
Judith Horstman, "New 'Contemporary Trends' Open for Business," Ithaca Journal, December 2, 1969, 11.
123 N Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1969)
117 N Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1899)
17 N Aurora St Ithaca
119 N Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1899)
19 N Aurora St Ithaca
121 N Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1899)
21 N Aurora St Ithaca
123 N Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1899)
23 N Aurora St Ithaca