Oristus Gregory

Oristus Henry Gregory, 1818-1893: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158849037/oristus-henry-gregory

O.H. Gregory, Oyster and dining saloon, 94 Owego, home ditto.1864 city directory
Oristus H. Gregory, Alhambra House, eating house, 18 E State, home ditto. 1867 city directory

Source: Henry St. John Local Historic District Nomination, Sara Johnson and Kristin Olson, Historic Ithaca, Inc., 2012.
214 South Albany Street
"214 South Albany Street is historically significant for its association with a number of prominent business and political figures in Ithaca. It is on lot 64 of the lots laid out by Simeon DeWitt south of Green Street. When the house was built ca. 1850, the 66’ wide lot occupied the entire depth of the block between Albany and Fayette Streets. The house was built for Oristus H. Gregory, a nephew of Wait T. Huntington. Huntington was a major landholder in the Henry St. John district and a village president. Gregory worked in Lewis Culver’s dry goods store, was a partner in Huntington’s brewery on Six Mile Creek, and operated a restaurant on State Street, the Alhambra House. He also served as a railroad bonding commissioner and a trustee of the Ithaca Savings Bank. Gregory also later owned properties on South Geneva Street, and lived at 220 South Geneva Street. Gregory sold the property to Richard J. Ives in 1855."