Terrible Fire Destroys Trumansburg in 1864
A recount of the 1864 Trumansburg fire that devastated Main Street to Congress Street. Losses ran into thousands in a blaze started near Pratt Rumsey & Co Hardware, spreading across Atwater & Tompkins and Lovell’s Sons, with many households escaping by breath and quick action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trumansburg
Presbyterian Church
Main Street
Baptist Church
Congress Street
Pratt Rumsey & Co
Atwater & Tompkins
E. Lovell
M.T. Lynch
Miss Wait
W.J Stone
Lovell
John Blue
J.S. Hunter
Dr Griswold
Austin
B.P. Sears
Stanley
Page
Giltner
Schuyler & Tompkins
George Robertson
Cayuga Street
Bancroft
Dr. Griswold
Creque’s Hardware
Pratt, Rumsey & Co
Douglass
J.O. Conley
McKean
W.H. Teed & Son
Stewart
George Wolverton
John Ehler
Griswold
Creque
Drake
Dickinson
Stone & Biggs
W.J. Stone
Lewis Halsey
Geneva
Halseyville
Warren Halsey
Trembly House Hotel Described on Main Street
The Trembly House, a new three story brick hotel rising on Main Street, features a 72 by 94 foot footprint, 12 11 and 10 foot ceilings, a 7 by 30 foot stone piazza, iron balconies, and a 44 by 90 foot barn with a 20 by 40 foot wood house. Architect A J Warner of Rochester. brick by John Kirtland. cost over thirty two thousand dollars. slated to open by early June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trembly House
Union
Washington House
Trembly
Union House
Halsey
Leroy Trembly
Landry
Boston
A.J. Warner
Rochester
P.mooney
John Kirtland
Richard Nash
Wm. Chandler
Ayres & Halsey
Gregg & Co
Village Band Forms With Ten Members Under H D Stone
A second village band organized in February gave its first public performance on Decoration Day. Led by H D Stone the group, totaling ten players, includes D Hamilton Stone and D H Ayers on E flat cornet, H L Strobridge on B flat cornet, J H Rhen solo alto, H L Haleey first E flat alto, Charles Chandler first E flat tenor, Frank Kerst second B flat tenor, Wm H Allen E flat bass, George Creque bass drum, and Lathan Page tenor drum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.D. Stone
D.hamilton Stone
D.H. Ayers
H.L. Strobridge
J.H. Rhen
Trumansburg Academy Opens Winter Term 1871
The Winter Term of fourteen weeks begins Wednesday Nov 22 1871 under Prof J G Moore as principal with capable assistants. Tuition ranges from 500 to 800 with extras for languages and science. The school offers free teachers’ class and admission any time, with bills for whole or half terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Moore
Camp
J. R.S, Smith, Secy
Trumansburg
J D Smiths Insurance Office Announcement
Hartford and Aetna report heavy Chicago losses but promise prompt payment and continued operations. J D Smith, agent, notes the firms are sound, not bankrupt, and no announced insolvency. Losses paid at the Tremansburg fire on May 22 1871.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford Insurance Company
Aetna Insurance Company
Chicago
J.D. Smith
Trumansburg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wyckoff
Mutt Street
W.H. Teed
L. Stone
Sherwood
A. Fuller
Lieberman
Jacob Blue
Jacksonville
Web of Bet
E. Lovell’s Sons
Pratt Rumsey&Co
E.s.pratt
Wilcox, Pratt & Co
B. Lieberman
J.S. Blue
Mrs. Gilter
G.H. Stewart
Hood & Howe
L.H. Owen
Trumansburg Academy
J. D. Smith's Insurance Office
Sears & Smith
Pratt & Rumsey
E.S
E.M. Pratt
J.L. Stone
A.W. Bush
W.J
F.b.stone
Terry
Cos Price
Ithaca
the Free Press
Gregory’s
RED & White
Uwle
Millspaugh Bros
T. John Ylimaki
Hector Street
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