The History Center was established in 1863 as the Ithaca Historical and Scientific Society with Ezra Cornell as its first President. In...

The restoration and renovation of the Clinton House was Historic Ithaca’s most massive and long-term undertaking. Built as a grand hotel...

The DeWitt Park Historic District is significant, both in its diversity of architectural styles, dating from 1820 to 1930, and in its...

In Historic Ithaca’s earliest days, information relevant to preservation – local history, current events, or architectural information –...

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

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...