Are you a homeowner looking for information on your older home or preservation how-to? A student researching local history and land use? Or a history buff interested in the physical environment?
Our library collection contains material related to:
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architecture & urban design
local history
conservation techniques & DIY
historic interior & period furnishings
… and much more
We have over 600 books, dozens of magazine titles, a 120-year run of Ithaca City Directories, thousands of photographs and slides, surveys of historic resources throughout Tompkins County, scrapbooks, maps, and ephemera.
Library Fees:
Room fee $5 per person per day. This fee is waived for students and for Friends of Historic Ithaca.
Photocopying $0.25 per page. Friends of Historic Ithaca may make 10 photocopies per year free of charge.
Scanning services $10 for the first 10 images and an additional $10 for each 10 images thereafter.
Research services $40 per hour.
Historic Ithaca is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
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Historic Ithaca is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Library of the Built Environment
Our library collection contains material related to:
We have over 600 books, dozens of magazine titles, a 120-year run of Ithaca City Directories, thousands of photographs and slides, surveys of historic resources throughout Tompkins County, scrapbooks, maps, and ephemera.
Library Fees:
Room fee $5 per person per day. This fee is waived for students and for Friends of Historic Ithaca.
Photocopying $0.25 per page. Friends of Historic Ithaca may make 10 photocopies per year free of charge.
Scanning services $10 for the first 10 images and an additional $10 for each 10 images thereafter.
Research services $40 per hour.
Open by appointment Tuesday through Saturday.