The Ithaca Hotel
The great fire of August 1871, destroying the old Ithaca Hotel was built in 1809 by Judge Gere. In 1872 the new Ithaca Hotel was built and compelted at a cost of $64,000. Shortly after 1966 the Ithaca Hotel was destroyed to make room for new buildings.
References and Good Resources you should check out
for History of the Ithaca Hotel:
Kurtz, D. Morris. Ithaca and Its Resources. 1883. Ithaca, NY. Page 117
Hesch, M. and R. Pieper. Ithaca Then and Now. 1983. McBooks Press, Ithaca, NY.
Page 10
Dieckmann, J. A Short History of Tompkins County. 1986. Ithaca, NY. Pages 53
and 197 (1966 picture of inside of Hotel.