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Historic Ithaca
Apr 26, 20221 min read
Barns
Following its designation as a Rural Preservation Company by the State of New York in 1984, Historic Ithaca began to focus on barns in...
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Ithaca Heritage
Apr 21, 20225 min read
October is Silent Movie Month in Ithaca. Let me tell you why…
By Diana Riesman, Executive Director & Co-Founder/Wharton Studio Museum and Board Chair/ Friends of Stewart Park October 03, 2018 In...
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Historic Ithaca
Apr 19, 20221 min read
Rural Preservation Company
In 1984, the State of New York designated Historic Ithaca as a Rural Preservation Company. Under this program, NYS provided funding to...
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Ithaca Heritage
Apr 14, 20222 min read
A Revitalized Eddy Gate in Ithaca's Collegetown
May 03, 2018 PHOTO COURTESY THE HISTORY CENTER IN TOMPKINS COUNTY “So enter that thou mayest become more learned; more thoughtful; so...
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Historic Ithaca
Apr 12, 20221 min read
Brick Cleaning Demonstration
In 1984, plans to repave East State Street were in development, and the Mayor, Common Council, and Historic Ithaca were in disagreement...
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Ithaca Heritage
Apr 7, 20223 min read
Ithaca Inspired – Stories of Ithaca and Tompkins County’s Outsized Impact
May 16, 2017 About a million visitors a year come to Ithaca and Tompkins County. They come for a bunch of reasons - for Cornell and...
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Historic Ithaca
Apr 5, 20221 min read
First Baptist Church
When the City of Ithaca launched its Community Development program in 1975, it designated low-interest loan funding for the conservation...
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Ithaca Heritage
Mar 31, 20226 min read
Recognizing "Real Magic"
July 07, 2018 PHOTOGRAPH BY HANNAH DAVIS. By Hannah Davis Armed with a camera and recorder, I’m spending the summer documenting the...
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Historic Ithaca
Mar 29, 20221 min read
St. James AME Zion Church
St. James A.M.E. Zion Church was chartered in 1833 by a group of African American Methodists who had previously attended "colored class"...
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Ithaca Heritage
Mar 24, 20221 min read
Family Farms Keep Tompkins County's Rural Heritage Alive
July 12, 2018 PHOTO BY ROBYN WISHNA A mix of tradition and innovation. That’s what it takes to keep a family farm going in this era of...
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Historic Ithaca
Mar 22, 20221 min read
Moving the Red House
The moving of the “Red House,” in 1979, was Historic Ithaca’s first attempt at moving a building and was a remarkably smooth operation....
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Ithaca Heritage
Mar 17, 20223 min read
Tompkins Center for History and Culture Awarded $1.365 Million by NYS
January 03, 2018 The New York State Regional Economic Development Council’s (REDC) Southern Tier region awarded two grants totaling...
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Historic Ithaca
Mar 15, 20221 min read
Greek Revival Festival
In September 1976, Historic Ithaca held its first conference, a Greek Revival Festival. The festival – an event featuring lectures, a...
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Ithaca Heritage
Mar 10, 20225 min read
Heritage Ambassador Joe Schill Digs into House Histories
February 07, 2018 TOMPKINS COUNTY HERITAGE AMBASSADOR JOE SCHILL (PHOTO FROM ROPER CENTER) Fall Creek resident Joe Schill joined the...
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Historic Ithaca
Mar 8, 20221 min read
East Hill Historic District
The East Hill Historic District’s contributing structures were built from 1830 to 1932, with a flurry of development following the...
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Ithaca Heritage
Mar 3, 20224 min read
"Civil Warriors" Uncovers African American History
February 15, 2018 Historic Ithaca and The History Center in Tompkins County, (together under the Ithaca Heritage banner), along with the...
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Historic Ithaca
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Boardman House
The Boardman House, a brick Italianate building in Ithaca’s downtown, was built in 1866, and for more than 50 years, from 1911 to 1968,...
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Ithaca Heritage
Feb 24, 20221 min read
From “Dryden’s Homestead Heritage Fair Day Honors Rural Heritage”
The Southworth Homestead became the headquarters of the Dryden Town Historical Society in 2012. It had been the home of Dryden’s...
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Historic Ithaca
Feb 22, 20221 min read
DeWitt School
In its earliest years, Historic Ithaca set out to protect four significant buildings: the Clinton House, the Boardman House, the Old...
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Ithaca Heritage
Feb 17, 20223 min read
Ithaca is ICY, Part 2: The Frozen Lake
December 18, 2017 Cayuga Lake as a Frozen Ice Rink By Louise Bement, Town of Lansing Historian COLLECTION OF THE HISTORY CENTER IN...
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