"Built on plans drawn by architect and builder John H. Maurice, it was completed in 1863 on a lot that was owned by Tompkins County from 1823 to 1949. Styled after an Italian palazzo, the elegant brick-faced building has distinctive sunburst motif...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 29, 2024 00:44
Tompkins Center for History and Culture, https://thehistorycenter.net/TCHC accessed September 28, 2024
110 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1952) 106 N Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 8 N Tioga St Ithaca
“L[i]ke the famous general, after whom he was named, Napoleon, Ithaca’s versatile bulldog, has been exiled from his native land. Napoleon was ‘arrested’ several days ago after he attempted to remove a piece of flesh from one of Policeman Avery D...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on November 01, 2024 17:20
“Exile for Nap; he wouldn’t behave” Ithaca Journal, October 30, 1915, 9.
Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1954 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
“The Jack and Jill Shop, 115 E. Green St., will be opened for business at 9 a.m. Thursday under the ownership and operation of Mr. and Mrs. John Alexander of 415 Linn St. The retail store will have a complete line of infant’s apparel and infant’s...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 27, 2026 20:15
“Jack and Jill Shop to Open,” Ithaca Journal, August 25, 1954, 3.
Ithaca Merchants Parking Lot, Ellis Lewis caretaker 117-119 E Green St
Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 05, 2026 02:16
Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1960 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
117-119 E Green St Ithaca (as of 1899) 17-19 E Green St Ithaca
“The cigar-box manufactory which for the last six months has been conducted by Charles W. Scott in the Star Theater building has been sold to D. E. Palmer and possession given. Mr. Palmer is a woodworker by trade. Mr. Scott, who retires on account...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 13, 2026 04:31
“Box Factory Changes Hands,” Ithaca Daily News, April 17, 1911, 2.
Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1960 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
130 S Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899)
20 S Tioga St Ithaca
128 S Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899)
20 S Tioga St Ithaca
"A barn with a history was torn down in downtown Ithaca recently. It was on the property of Arthur Stallman on S. Tioga St., adjacent to the tuning fork and behind the former Wool-Scott Bakery building. Stallman said that the barn at one time ...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 04, 2026 00:23
"Short Takes," Ithaca Journal, October 6, 1959, 2.
123-127 S Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 15-19 S Tioga St Ithaca
North Side Pharmacy moved to a new building at 513 N Cayuga St in 1962.
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 09, 2025 20:48
"Pharmacy Now Open," Ithaca Journal, December 4, 1962, 9.
507 N Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1899) 107 N Cayuga St Ithaca (as of 1888)
"Established African-American occupancy/ownership during the period of significance: 1930 – George Cooper 1901 – John H. Tyler 1883 – John Tyler, son of Zachariah, served in 26th USCT This is the rear of the lot facing S. Plain St, previously ...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on March 20, 2026 15:47
Southside Historic District Proposal, Cynthia Carrington Carter, Emanuel J. Carter Jr. And Dr. Judith Wellman, City of Ithaca Department of Planni...
109 Cleveland Ave Ithaca (as of 1908) 109 Wheat St Ithaca (as of 1899) 9 Wheat St Ithaca
"Behind the Wilgus Block on South Tioga Street was the Journal Block (1872), also designed by A. B. Dale. The Ithaca Journal built it and remained there until it moved to its present site in 1905. Rothschild's later remodeled the Journal Block and...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 03, 2026 22:47
Daniel R. Snodderly, Ithaca and Its Past: The History and Architecture of the Downtown, Ithaca, NY: DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County, 1...
110 S Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899)
12 S Tioga St Ithaca
108 S Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899)
10 S Tioga St Ithaca
106 S Tioga St Ithaca (as of 1899)
8 S Tioga St Ithaca
"A raging, smoky, two-alarm fire this morning gutted the College Spa Restaurant in the 200 block of E. State St., badly damaged an adjoining building, and seriously threatened a third structure...."
Submitted by Eve Snyder on September 28, 2024 18:57
David Barnett Jr., “$100,000 Fire Guts State Street Restaurant; 8 Firms Damaged,” Ithaca Journal, September 10, 1956, 1.[Includes photographs.]
218 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899)
80 E State St Ithaca
214 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899)
76 E State St Ithaca (as of 1867)
40 Owego St Ithaca
216 E State St Ithaca (as of 1899)
78 E State St Ithaca