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The plan called for a 132-foot (40 m) wide north–south road (now Main Street), intersected by a northern and southern Cross Highway (now West Street, Church Hill Road and Glover Avenue Route 302). 4-acre (16,000 m 2) home lots were distributed in 1710 to proprietors, which then totaled 48 men. A 49th parcel was reserved for the minister when ...
Cornell Free Library, Seneca and Tioga streets, 1864 to 1960. Tompkins County Public Library, 312 N. Cayuga Street, 1969 to 2000. Ithaca's first public library was founded by Ezra Cornell as the Cornell Free Library and chartered by the New York State Legislature in 1864. [5] Circulation began on March 4, 1867. [5]
There were 649 households, out of which 39.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.2% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.8% were non-families. 16.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older ...
Ithaca: First black fraternity house in the U.S.; Alpha Phi Alpha used this 1870 house when established at Cornell in 1905 19: District No. 2 School, Caroline and Dryden: District No. 2 School, Caroline and Dryden: January 5, 2005 : 2670 Slaterville Rd.
Newtown (/ ˈ n u t aʊ n / NOO-town) is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is part of the Greater Danbury area as well as the New York metropolitan area. Newtown was founded in 1705, and later incorporated in 1711. As of the 2020 census, its population was 27,173. [3] The town is part of the Western Connecticut Planning ...
This Neo-Renaissance building opened July 25, 1918, and served as a library until 1995. It is currently for sale. 3: Derby Neck Derby: Mar 12, 1906: $3,400 307 Hawthorne Ave. Designed by architect Henry Killam Murphy of New York City. Major expansions in 1972 and 2002 allowed this neoclassical design to be greatly enlarged.
The library accepts used book donations and hosts three large used book sales every year, with the summer sale often being considered the largest in Connecticut. [29] [30] Attracting around 8,000 people annually, it is the library’s largest special event, raising a significant percentage of the library’s operating budget. The sale generally ...
Ithaca Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Ithaca in Tompkins County, New York. The district consists of 64 contributing mostly commercial buildings. It is composed mainly of multi-story buildings with brick exteriors and flat or low-pitched roofs fronted by a variety of parapets set off by decorative cornices.