Cornell Heights Historic District Explained

Cornell Heights Historic District
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Location:Roughly bounded by Kline Rd., Highland Ave., Brock Ln., Triphammer Rd., Fall Creek, Stewart Ave., and Needham Pl., Cayuga Heights, New York
Coordinates:42.455°N -76.4869°W
Architect:Multiple
Architecture:Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Added:September 14, 1989
Refnum:89001205

Cornell Heights Historic District is a national historic district located in Ithaca, New York. The district contains 208 contributing buildings and one contributing site. It consists of an early 20th-century residential subdivision developed between 1898 and 1942, and originally conceived as a "residence park" for faculty members of Cornell University, directly north of the Fall Creek gorge.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Carl Sagan's former house, a converted 1926 Egyptian Revival building perched halfway down the cliff of Fall Creek gorge, is a contributing building of the district.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) . http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20190404141934/https://cris.parks.ny.gov/ . dead . 2019-04-04 . . Searchable database . 2016-08-01 . Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Cornell Heights Historic District . 2016-08-01 . Kathleen LaFrank . PDF . n.d. . and Accompanying 44 photographs