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Here\u2019s a sweet fact: in April 1892, the iconic frozen dessert was invented and popularized right here in Ithaca\u2014by Cornellians<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Corey Ryan Earle \u201907<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The ice cream sundae is an American staple. This simple and customizable treat\u2014scoops of ice cream with sauce and toppings\u2014gained popularity in the early 20th century. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But did you know it all started in Ithaca?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 19th century, Cornell students living downtown could buy ice cream at several local shops and confectioneries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was at one of them\u2014on Sunday, April 3, 1892\u2014that history was made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Platt & Colt\u2019s drug store and soda fountain operated at the address now known as 216 E. State St. Alumni may remember it as the home of the College Spa eatery, which operated from 1937\u201376, although the original building burned down in 1956.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(The location, now part of the Ithaca Commons, has housed the Taste of Thai restaurant since 2001.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chester Platt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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On the fateful day, proprietor Chester Platt stopped by the soda fountain after Sunday services at Ithaca\u2019s First Unitarian Church, accompanied by its reverend, John Scott. Platt asked his soda fountain worker, DeForest Christiance, to prepare two dishes of vanilla ice cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accounts differ as to which man chose the toppings\u2014but in the end, the ice cream was served with cherry syrup and a candied cherry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One man asked the other what the new concoction should be called; the reply was a \u201cCherry Sunday\u201d in honor of its creation day.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Retellings of the sundae’s origin story suggest that Cornell students helped to popularize the invention. Having witnessed its debut, they returned to order the new treat\u2014then spread the word throughout the country during vacations and after graduation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Platt & Colt clearly targeted the student clientele, running six advertisements for the \u201cCherry Sunday\u201d in the Daily Sun<\/em> over the next two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cornell students helped to popularize the sundae; having witnessed its debut, they spread the word throughout the country during vacations and after graduation.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Big Red connections don\u2019t end there. While none of the three men involved with the sundae\u2019s invention held Cornell degrees, each studied on the Hill, if only briefly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Platt was a special student in 1886; Scott did graduate work in 1892; and Christiance studied chemistry in 1893\u201394 in preparation for his state pharmacist certification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Also, a Hotelie\u2014Michael Turback \u201966\u2014has written several books about the sundae and its origins, including one titled Ithaca, NY, “The City with a Cherry on Top”: 101 Historic Recipes from the Birthplace of the Ice Cream Sundae<\/em>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reasons for the transformation from \u201cSunday\u201d to \u201csundae\u201d remain murky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christiance later recalled in a letter that \u201cone of the fruit syrup manufacturers came out with the name Sundae and later a competitor with it spelled Sundai or Sundi.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 1902 article in the Spatula<\/em>, a magazine for pharmacists, described the growing popularity of the \u201csundae,\u201d and the term had become commonplace by the end of that decade.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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It should be noted that several other cities also claim the sundae as their own, but few offer historical evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A drug store in Buffalo advertised fruit syrup and whipped cream on ice cream sodas<\/em> as early as 1889, but Ithaca appears to be the first place to use the word \u201cSunday\u201d for the familiar treat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While none of the three men involved with the sundae\u2019s invention held Cornell degrees, each studied on the Hill, if only briefly.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ithaca\u2019s evidence is backed up by the first documented use anywhere of \u201cSunday\u201d for the dessert: an ad published in the Ithaca Daily Journal<\/em> on Tuesday, April 5, 1892, two days after the sundae\u2019s likely creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A similar notice was published in the Daily Sun<\/em> the next day: \u201cCherry Sunday\u2014A delicious, dainty Ice Cream novelty, just out yesterday. At Platt & Colt\u2019s Fountain, and nowhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ithaca Daily Journal<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Platt & Colt\u2019s claim is bolstered by its attempt to trademark the term \u201cSunday,\u201d as evidenced by a letter (dated March 23, 1894) in Chester Platt\u2019s papers in the University Library\u2019s Rare and Manuscript Collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reply from a solicitor of patents notes that \u201cthere is no Federal protection that can be obtained so as to give you the exclusive right to use the word \u2018Sunday\u2019 in connection with your ice cream and syrup novelties.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As it explained: at the time, trademark protection could only be acquired if the product was used in foreign trade, not domestic sales.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Christiance, the employee who\u2019d served that first sundae, purchased the business in 1900 and is likely responsible for keeping the creation story alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 1924 Daily Sun<\/em> ad for his establishment called it the \u201cOrigin of the Word Sundae.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And in 1936, he wrote a letter to the president of Ithaca\u2019s historical society in which he described the serendipitous moment when the sundae was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFrom that day on we served Cherry Sunday,\u201d he wrote, \u201cand later on Strawberry, Pineapple, Chocolate, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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corey ryan earle \u201907<\/figcaption>
A historical plaque, embedded into the pavement of the Ithaca Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Today, many have forgotten Ithaca\u2019s place in ice cream history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A small plaque can be found on the Commons outside where Platt & Colt\u2019s once stood, though few notice it underfoot as they walk by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But next time you\u2019re undecided when staring at the Cornell Dairy Bar menu: order a sundae, and have a sweet taste of history in the town where it happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top: A tempting treat from the Dairy Bar. (Devin Flores \/ Cornell University)<\/em> All other images provided, unless otherwise indicated.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published April 15, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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