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    Welcoming a New Face to Significant Elements
    Historic Ithaca
    • 2 days ago
    • 1 min

    Welcoming a New Face to Significant Elements

    Hannah Brand joined the Significant Elements team as a retail associate in late July, 2022. She comes to Ithaca from the St. Louis area...
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    Work Preserve Looks Back on Summer Program
    Historic Ithaca
    • Aug 10
    • 2 min

    Work Preserve Looks Back on Summer Program

    As we wrap up the Work Preserve summer program, participants and staff reflect on what all has been accomplished. On top of their regular...
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    Cradit-Moore House
    Historic Ithaca
    • Aug 9
    • 1 min

    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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    Ithaca City Cemetery
    Historic Ithaca
    • Aug 2
    • 1 min

    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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    State Theatre
    Historic Ithaca
    • Jul 26
    • 1 min

    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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    The Ithaca Bill
    Historic Ithaca
    • Jul 19
    • 1 min

    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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    West Dryden Community Center
    Historic Ithaca
    • Jul 12
    • 1 min

    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 Metal Truss Bridges
    Historic Ithaca
    • Jul 5
    • 1 min

    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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    The Founding of the “Friends of the Ithaca City Cemetery”
    Ithaca Heritage
    • Jun 30
    • 5 min

    The Founding of the “Friends of the Ithaca City Cemetery”

    by Julee Johnson October 09, 2017 In 1995 I visited a friend who’d just been appointed as the director of the Cornell in Paris Program....
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    First Old House Fair
    Historic Ithaca
    • Jun 28
    • 1 min

    First Old House Fair

    Historic Ithaca held its first Old House Fair in June of 1993. This two-day event, the first of many held once a year, brought together...
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    EXPLORE ITHACA: DAY THREE CULTURAL HERITAGE ITINERARY
    Ithaca Heritage
    • Jun 23
    • 4 min

    EXPLORE ITHACA: DAY THREE CULTURAL HERITAGE ITINERARY

    Take a deeper dive into Ithaca and Tompkins County’s cultural heritage on Day Three of a visit to the county. ITHACA CITY CEMETERY LAKE...
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    Van Buskirk Gulf Road Bridge
    Historic Ithaca
    • Jun 21
    • 1 min

    Van Buskirk Gulf Road Bridge

    The Van Buskirk Gulf Road Bridge in the town of Newfield, a ca. 1818 stone arch bridge, is the oldest known bridge in Tompkins County. By...
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    Explore Ithaca Heritage: Day Two Cultural Heritage Itinerary
    Ithaca Heritage
    • Jun 16
    • 4 min

    Explore Ithaca Heritage: Day Two Cultural Heritage Itinerary

    Lucky enough to have a second day to spend in Ithaca and Tompkins County? Once you’ve visited some of the attractions on the One-Day...
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    Significant Elements
    Historic Ithaca
    • Jun 14
    • 1 min

    Significant Elements

    In Spring of 1991, Historic Ithaca opened Significant Elements, its architectural salvage warehouse, advertising its mission with the...
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    Deconstructing Demolition May 11, 2022 - September 3, 2022
    Historic Ithaca
    • Jun 13
    • 1 min

    Deconstructing Demolition May 11, 2022 - September 3, 2022

    Historic Ithaca is a partner in the network CR0WD (Circularity, Reuse and Zero Waste Development), a group working on deconstruction best...
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    Explore Ithaca Heritage: A One-Day Cultural Heritage Itinerary
    Ithaca Heritage
    • Jun 9
    • 3 min

    Explore Ithaca Heritage: A One-Day Cultural Heritage Itinerary

    Just have a day to explore Ithaca and Tompkins County? You can discover its rich cultural heritage in this Ithaca Heritage-curated...
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    Ag Quad Battle
    Historic Ithaca
    • Jun 7
    • 1 min

    Ag Quad Battle

    Through much of the 1980s, Historic Ithaca was deeply embroiled in a battle over the fate of Cornell’s Agricultural Quad. In 1979,...
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    Village of Freeville's New Panels June 2022
    Historic Ithaca
    • Jun 6
    • 1 min

    Village of Freeville's New Panels June 2022

    The Village of Freeville has recently unveiled nine interpretive panels for Station Park. Fittingly, they focus mainly on the railroads...
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    Authentically Rural Weekend Highlights Freeville
    Ithaca Heritage
    • Jun 2
    • 2 min

    Authentically Rural Weekend Highlights Freeville

    September 19, 2018 FROM HTTP://WWW.FREEVILLENY.ORG/GALLERIES/OLD-FREEVILLE-PHOTOS/ When Ithaca Heritage partners first started planning...
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    St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Slaterville Springs
    Historic Ithaca
    • May 31
    • 1 min

    St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Slaterville Springs

    St. Thomas Episcopal Church, built in 1893, is a well-executed and intact example of the Victorian Gothic style that was popular in rural...
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