Tax Assessments on "The Castle"
(1925 - 1939)
Hillcrest, Binghamton, New York


Tax Year Newspaper Owner/Occupant Assessed Tax "Sold" Tax Map Id.
1925 10/07/26 Fahs $382.45

1926 10/19/27 Fahs (Kennedy) $331.42

1927 09/19/28 Little Giant $252.93

1927 07/09/29 Little Giant
$283.22
1928 09/11/29 Little Giant $224.33

1928 06/21/30 Little Giant
$251.76
1929 09/06/30 Little Giant $242.78

1929 06/20/31 Little Giant
$272.06
1930 09/01/31 Little Giant $177.81

1930 07/16/32 Little Giant
$200.59
1931 09/20/32 Little Giant $150.07

1931 06/20/33 Little Giant
$170.08
1932 08/29/33 Little Giant $143.18

1932 06/12/34 Little Giant
$162.50
1933 09/01/34 Little Giant $115.40

1933 06/08/35 Little Giant
$131.94
1934 09/03/35 Little Giant $103.51

1934 06/10/36 Little Giant
$118.86
1935 08/29/36 Little Giant $106.16

1935 06/15/37 Little Giant
$121.78
1936 09/07/37 Little Giant $108.28

1936 06/14/38 Little Giant
$124.11
1937 08/30/38 Little Giant $115.33

1937 06/24/39 Little Giant
$131.86
1938 (no report)
 Little Giant


1938 (no report)
 Little Giant


1939 09/28/40 Little Giant $130.26
8-4-11



$2,583.91 $1,968.76


The above table is compiled from newspaper notices. In the fall of each year the previous year's delinquent taxes were reported: 
About eight months later a second notice for the same year was reported with about a twelve percent increase. Exactly what is meant by "sold" is unclear since in the case of The Little Giant Gas Consumer the same property invariably relisted in the next fall.



Binghamton Press, September 11, 1929


Binghamton Press,  June 21, 1930
In 1940 the Broome County Board of Supervisors took possession of The Castle property and scheduled a public hearing to determine the amount of money for which it should be sold. Notice that the Board's calculation the total amount of accumulated taxes, etc. is about $500 less than the calculation in the above table, perhaps because in 1925 and 1926 it was assessed on the wrong person(s) and because no report was listed for 1938.   It didn't matter since there was no apparent interest in the property, anyway.


In December, 1943 the property in the Town of Fenton of The Little Giant Gas Consumer, Inc. known as Tax Map 8-4-11 or the Pentecostal Missionary Home was transferred to the Broome County Board of Supervisors. Two months later a solicitation was made for bids to purchase the property not later than 10:00 a.m. March 6 1944.  Apparently, there was still no interest, and The Castle remained the property of the Board of Supervisors for another nine years.