This course on researching historic architectural properties will provide you with the tools you need to assemble a complete history of your home, commercial structure, or farm building.  You’ll learn about the resources available in our in-house library and elsewhere, and how to use them.  What stories does your building have to share?

Saturday November 21,
11AM, repeating 2PM (Classes last approx. 30 mins)

Where 212 Center Street
Ithaca, New York 14850

$5 suggested donation
 

Learn to identify the most common architectural styles found in Tompkins County and see examples from the 1820s through the 1950s.  Optional: bring a photo of your house, commercial building, or farm structure.  A take-home identification guide is included.

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Click here for the conference program, driving directions, and registration form

This conference is open to anyone with an interest in historic barns and their preservation. To attend, please download the registration form below or use the online registration button.
Conference seating is limited. Please register early. 

General Registration (Postmarked by October 14): $35
Late Registration* (deadline 12pm October 22 ): $40
 *Those registering late MUST contact Kristen Olson (607)273-6633 to confirm that space is available.

This year’s conference will be held at Ithaca Foreign Car Service, 501 West State Street. Built in 2006, this new timber frame building houses an auto shop in the heart of downtown Ithaca.  For his contribution of this extraordinary building to the downtown streetscape, owner Dave Brumsted is the recipient of a 2007 Pride of Ownership award from the City of Ithaca.

Rogue's Harbor Inn

Historic Ithaca is pleased to announce that Rogue’s Harbor Inn has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  The South Lansing landmark and former stagecoach inn has been painstakingly restored by owner Eileen Stout, who acquired it in 2001.  Built in 1830, the inn was a rumored stop on the Underground Railroad and local legends tell of its role as a speakeasy during Prohibition.  Today, Rogue’s Harbor continues its long tradition of “hearty fare, strong spirits, and elegant lodging,” as a bed and breakfast with a restaurant, tavern, and ballroom.

The National Register listing has been over one year in the making.  Historic Ithaca staff researched and wrote the nomination last fall, and it was accepted at the New York State level in December.

Rogue’s Harbor was originally called the Central Exchange Hotel, serving as a stagecoach stop, and later served train and steamboat travelers.  Notable guests have included William Henry Seward, Harriet Tubman, and the criminal Edward Rulloff, who was confined in the basement after his arrest.  The Inn’s current name was reputedly acquired when a tavern patron smashed a whiskey bottle against the side of the building, exclaiming, “here’s to a harbor of rogues!”   Read more about the inn’s history at www.roguesharborinn.com/history.

Saturday, September 12

9am-12pm

212 Center Street, Ithaca NY

Timber framing is a traditional building method using large timbers joined with pegged mortise-and-tenon joints to create the structures of barns, houses, and other buildings.  In this introductory workshop, an overview of traditional timber framing techniques will be followed by an outdoor demonstration.  Participants will receive handout materials and a bibliography for further reading.  The class is open to people of all abilities.

Coffee and light refreshments will be served.

Registration is limited to 15 participants; please register by calling Historic Ithaca, 273-6633, or by email to kristen@historicithaca.org.  $25 general public/ $20 Friends of Historic Ithaca.

Mr. Lazarus, proprietor of Lazarus & Company, House and Barn Riggers, has worked on, in and under more than 300 houses, barns and other structures.  Over the years his company’s specialty has become the structural repair of timber-framed barns and houses and their foundations. His company has moved or lifted over 100 buildings. All their work is on antique structures and repairs are completed using traditional framing techniques but with modern tools.

Read about it here:

http://www.ny.gov/governor/press/press_0729092.html