By Mary Hornbuckle September 17, 2018 CLAIRE KUIKEN’S RED-TAILED HAWK AJAX Falconry, also known as hawking, is the sport of hunting with...

In 1985, Historic Ithaca was awarded a grant to research the history of rental housing in Ithaca. Mary Raddant Tomlan acted as both...

By Monika Roth, Agriculture Extension Educator, Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County September 21, 2018 FREEVILLE’S JERRY DELL...

From 1986 to 1988, Historic Ithaca received grants under NYSCA’s Arts-in-Education Initiative to develop a local history curriculum, in...

By Patricia Longoria, Historic Ithaca Events and Community Engagement Coordinator October 16, 2018 In October, when the first frost...

In April 1986, Historic Ithaca and the Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission were joint recipients of the Preservation League of New...

October 03, 2017 Helen Henry, Irene Suzey, Susan Stephens, Fitch Stephens, Roger Williams, Caroline Williams, Gertrude Haviland, Clara...

Clinton Hall, neighbor to the Clinton House, was built between 1837 and 1846 and is the most significant example of Greek Revival...

November 04, 2017 Caesar Grimalkin, a gray tiger cat with seven toes on each white front paw, lived with Celia and William Hazlitt Smith...

Following its designation as a Rural Preservation Company by the State of New York in 1984, Historic Ithaca began to focus on barns in...

By Diana Riesman, Executive Director & Co-Founder/Wharton Studio Museum and Board Chair/ Friends of Stewart Park October 03, 2018 In...

In 1984, the State of New York designated Historic Ithaca as a Rural Preservation Company. Under this program, NYS provided funding to...

May 03, 2018 PHOTO COURTESY THE HISTORY CENTER IN TOMPKINS COUNTY “So enter that thou mayest become more learned; more thoughtful; so...

In 1984, plans to repave East State Street were in development, and the Mayor, Common Council, and Historic Ithaca were in disagreement...

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...

When the City of Ithaca launched its Community Development program in 1975, it designated low-interest loan funding for the conservation...

July 07, 2018 PHOTOGRAPH BY HANNAH DAVIS. By Hannah Davis Armed with a camera and recorder, I’m spending the summer documenting the...

St. James A.M.E. Zion Church was chartered in 1833 by a group of African American Methodists who had previously attended "colored class"...

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...

The moving of the “Red House,” in 1979, was Historic Ithaca’s first attempt at moving a building and was a remarkably smooth operation....