"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
"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
Manning’s Ithaca Directory, March 1966 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
"J. W. Hook, a well known produce merchant, yesterday completed arrangements for the purchase of the old Billiken Theater property at East Green and Tioga streets from Driscoll Brothers & Co. He will take possession on April 1. Mr. Hook said he in...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 02, 2026 19:45
"Hook Buys Old Theater Property," Ithaca Journal, February 24, 1917, 3.
“…the Travelers Hotel, 119-121 S Aurora St,. [was] demolished in 1967….because of Urban Renewal.”
Submitted by Eve Snyder on April 01, 2025 23:59
"Review of '67: Hotels Demolished," Ithaca Journal, January 1, 1968, 12.
119-121 S Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1899) 15-17 S Aurora St Ithaca (as of 1878) 14 S Aurora St Ithaca
Manning’s Ithaca Directory, January 1960 H. A. Manning Co, Schenectady, NY
"On behalf of a client, whose name is withheld, James R. Robinson this morning purchased the old Billiken Theater property at Tioga and Green streets from J. W. Hook. Mr. Robinson has given a long-term lease on the property to the J. B. Lang Eng...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on May 02, 2026 19:57
"J. R. Robinson Buys Green Street Property for Anonymous Client," Ithaca Journal, May 18, 1921, 5.
“John Gauntlett Brooks, 73, of 309 N. Aurora St., pharmacist and city historian and one of Ithaca's most beloved citizens, died at 3 a.m. today, June 2, 1948, in Tompkins County Memorial Hospital after an illness of several months. He is survived...
Submitted by Eve Snyder on December 05, 2025 21:12
“Death Takes John Brooks, City Historian,” Ithaca Journal, June 2, 1948, 3.