Home of Zachariah Tyler, 1 Wheat St. (109 Cleveland Ave.)

Zachariah Tyler served the 26th U.S. Colored Infantry during the Civil War. After the war he worked as a whitewasher and was pastor at the Wesleyan Methodist (Colored) Church, which was later renamed Calvary Baptist Church.

**This tour is from the 2003 printed "The Southside's African-American Heritage Walking Tour" brochure prepared by the Cornell-Ithaca Partnership with research by Leslyn McBean & Ingrid Bauer; modified for PocketSights by The History Center in Tompkins County in 2022. Text is unchanged from the original printing.**

**PLEASE NOTE**

New research in 2024 has determined that 109 Cleveland Avenue (Formerly 1 Wheat St) was likely the home of Reverend Zachariah Tyler's son John Henry Tyler who enlisted with his father in the Civil War. Julia Ann and Zachariah Tyler's original house was demolished by 1904, and at the time of Reverend Zachariah Tyler's death in 1896 his address was listed as 38 S. Plain St (later renumbered at 302 S. Plain St). There are no known surviving photographs of the Tylers original home.