Frank L. Bolton (1885-1954) and Lucie G. Wilkinson Bolton (c. 1881-1972) purchased the Cayuga Heights Road home that backed onto Sunset Drive in 1925 from George B. Howell, a lawyer, and Mary C. Howell.
Frank, trained as a civil engineer, became president and general manager of Lansing’s Cayuga Rock Salt Company in 1921 and was active in the company until his death in 1954. Lucie Bolton, who was a bookkeeper and assistant to the president of the Remington Salt Company before her marriage to Frank in 1924, took over the Cayuga Rock Salt Company's presidency in 1954 and served in that role until 1970.
The couple was active in local business and charitable organizations and in Republican politics.
The Boltons also owned a small lot south of Sunset Drive. Their Cayuga Heights residence remained in the family for almost five decades and was sold in 1973.
Patricia Longoria
Deputy Historian
2017
SOURCES
Barbara Bell, “Cayuga Rock Salt Sold,” Ithaca Journal, April 1, 1970, p. 15;
“Frank Bolton, Rock Salt President, Dies,” Ithaca Journal, September 16, 1954, p. 3;
“Howell Residence Sold to F.L. Bolton,” Ithaca Journal, September 14, 1925, p. 7;
“Issues Permits for Buildings to Cost $42,000: Residences, Garages and Additions Are Sanctioned By Commissioner H.N. Hinckley—G.B. Howell to Erect Fine New Home on Cayuga Heights,” Ithaca Journal, July 14, 1923, p. 5;
“Ithacans Keep Tidings of Christmas Wedding Secret Six Months,” Ithaca Journal, June 30, 1925, p. 7;
“Mrs. Bolton Dies; Former Salt Exec,” Ithaca Journal, September 21, 1972, p. 3;
Tompkins County Deed Book 203, Page 366, Jared T. Newman and Jane E.W. Newman to George B. Howell and Mary C. Howell, May 12, 1923;
Tompkins County Deed Book 209, Page 51, George B. Howell and Mary C. Howell to Frank Bolton, September 15, 1925;
Tompkins County Deed Book 507, Page 892, June 1, 1973.
Barbara Bell, “Cayuga Rock Salt Sold,” Ithaca Journal, April 1, 1970, p. 15;
“Frank Bolton, Rock Salt President, Dies,” Ithaca Journal, September 16, 1954, p. 3;
“Howell Residence Sold to F.L. Bolton,” Ithaca Journal, September 14, 1925, p. 7;
“Issues Permits for Buildings to Cost $42,000: Residences, Garages and Additions Are Sanctioned By Commissioner H.N. Hinckley—G.B. Howell to Erect Fine New Home on Cayuga Heights,” Ithaca Journal, July 14, 1923, p. 5;
“Ithacans Keep Tidings of Christmas Wedding Secret Six Months,” Ithaca Journal, June 30, 1925, p. 7;
“Mrs. Bolton Dies; Former Salt Exec,” Ithaca Journal, September 21, 1972, p. 3;
Tompkins County Deed Book 203, Page 366, Jared T. Newman and Jane E.W. Newman to George B. Howell and Mary C. Howell, May 12, 1923;
Tompkins County Deed Book 209, Page 51, George B. Howell and Mary C. Howell to Frank Bolton, September 15, 1925;
Tompkins County Deed Book 507, Page 892, June 1, 1973.