Historic Ithaca
2023 Work Preserve Summer Program
Our Work Preserve Summer Program is in full swing. Four participants under the age of 16 join us for our 6-week program. They’re...
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Historic Ithaca
Nov 15, 20221 min read
Zenas King Bowstring Bridge
The Zenas King Bowstring Truss Bridge, located in Newfield, was built in the 1870s. King Iron Bridge and Manufacturing Company built over...
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Historic Ithaca
Nov 8, 20221 min read
Professor Stuart Stein
Stuart Stein was a professor of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University and was deeply involved in local community planning....
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Historic Ithaca
Nov 1, 20221 min read
Professor Barclay Jones
Barclay Jones was faculty member at Cornell University and a leader in the preservation field, in and outside of Tompkins County. As an...
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Historic Ithaca
Oct 25, 20221 min read
Courtney Crawford
Courtney Crawford was a long-time supporter of Historic Ithaca in its earliest years. He served on the board of directors from 1969...
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Historic Ithaca
Oct 18, 20221 min read
Victoria Romanoff
Victoria Romanoff was one of the first and most influential members of Historic Ithaca. Of her many accomplishments, Romanoff served as...
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Historic Ithaca
Oct 11, 20221 min read
Constance Saltonstall
Among her many roles at Historic Ithaca, Constance Saltonstall served as a project manager for the Clinton House restoration and was...
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Historic Ithaca
Oct 4, 20221 min read
Carol U. Sisler
Carol U. Sisler was Historic Ithaca’s first dedicated staff member, initially hired in 1972 as the executive secretary, and later serving...
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Historic Ithaca
Sep 27, 20221 min read
Professor Stephen Jacobs
Professor Stephen Jacobs was a professor of architectural history at Cornell University and an important figure in and outside of...
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Historic Ithaca
Sep 20, 20221 min read
Richard Pieper
Richard Pieper became Historic Ithaca’s first architectural conservator in 1981. Through his experience as a restoration craftsman and...
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Historic Ithaca
Sep 13, 20221 min read
Downtown West Local Historic District
Downtown West, designated in 2015, is Ithaca's newest local historic district. It encompasses seven residential structures, built between...
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Historic Ithaca
Sep 6, 20221 min read
Work Preserve
Historic Ithaca’s Work Preserve job training program was launched 2010 and expanded in 2012. With support from the City of Ithaca...
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Historic Ithaca
Aug 30, 20221 min read
Tompkins County Barn Project
Historic Ithaca launched the Tompkins County Barn Project in summer of 2008 with the goal of documenting the quickly disappearing...
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Historic Ithaca
Aug 23, 20221 min read
Ithaca Downtown Commercial Historic District
Historic Ithaca collaborated with the City of Ithaca and the Ithaca Downtown Partnership in writing the National Register nomination for...
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Historic Ithaca
Aug 9, 20221 min read
Cradit-Moore House
On May 23, 2000, Historic Ithaca moved Cornell University’s Cradit-Moore House. Threatened by Cornell’s North Campus initiative, Historic...
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Historic Ithaca
Aug 2, 20221 min read
Ithaca City Cemetery
Historic Ithaca held its first ever Halloween graveyard tour in 1994. Many rural cemeteries have been toured since then, but by 2000,...
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Historic Ithaca
Jul 26, 20221 min read
State Theatre
The State Theatre is the only surviving early movie palace in Ithaca and is widely regarded as the finest example of its kind. Opened in...
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Historic Ithaca
Jul 19, 20221 min read
The Ithaca Bill
In 1993, Lynn Truame of Historic Ithaca (now the Community Development Planner at Ithaca’s Urban Renewal Agency) began to research and...
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Historic Ithaca
Jul 12, 20221 min read
West Dryden Community Center
In 1995, Historic Ithaca embarked on a new rehabilitation project, the West Dryden Community Center. Built in 1832, the building was...
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Historic Ithaca
Jul 5, 20221 min read
Historic Metal Truss Bridges
Metal truss bridges embody the dramatic evolution of the transportation network in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Maintenance...
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