The Old Courthouse of Tompkins County, built in 1854, is located in the DeWitt Park Historic District and is the oldest public building...

August 18, 2018 Membership of the Moosewood Restaurant in the 1980s: (top row) David Hirsch, Tony del Plato; (row 2) Bob Love, Laura...

2022 is off to a productive start with the deconstruction and salvage of massive amounts of valuable building materials from a large site...

Ithaca’s “Landmarks Preservation Ordinance,” passed in December 1970, was one of the first local ordinances of its kind in New York...

August 01, 2017 Tompkins County offers a unique geography and a mosaic of a center city, villages and rural towns. We have incredible...

The Annual Preservation Awards are Historic Ithaca’s longest standing tradition, with the first award given in 1968 to Joseph Ciaschi for...

August 10, 2017 MELANIE COLTER Stuart Stein Heritage Tourism Intern At the beginning of the summer, it was not surprising to me that the...

Historic Ithaca’s first organizational meeting was held on January 29, 1967, with Professor Stuart Stein of Cornell University’s City and...

April 03, 2018 Tompkins County was very involved in the fight for gaining women the right to vote. Dr. Pastorello provides narrative and...

Historic Ithaca’s first officers – chairwoman Sylvia Reinhardt, vice-chairwoman Mabel DeMotte, secretary Elizabeth Simpson, and treasurer...

April 28, 2017 Last year, when we were brainstorming the type of launch event we'd like to have, we discussed many possibilities. A...

On June 20, 1966, a talk was given at the home of Sylvia Reinhardt, who, with her husband, owned and operated Reinhardt Interiors. She...

The video is a beautiful tribute to “historic” Ithaca, to Stewart Park and to the Cascadilla Boathouse. The boathouse had an extensive...

Historic Ithaca’s first temporary officers, and many of its first members, were members of the Ithaca Downtown Business Women...

Staff and Board members at Historic Ithaca and Significant Elements knew for a few years that we wanted updated websites; in late 2019 we...

On June 20, 1966, Helen Duprey Bullock of the National Trust for Historic Preservation spoke to a group of about 35 people, mostly...

Ithaca’s first City Hall, erected in 1844, once stood on the site of the Seneca Street parking garage. It was built of brick in the Greek...

The NY Statewide Preservation Conference is going virtual once again! This year, we’re focusing on the future of preservation. Some of...

Welcome Jordan Governale to the Work Preserve Team!