Our pilot project began in 2016 and focuses on exploring the history of Ithaca, New York in the late 19th and early 20th century using interactive search functions which allow users to find information on historic maps about people and places. Click the icon to the left to access the Tompkins County HistoryForge.LOCATION. The History Center is now operating out of the Tompkins Center for History & Culture, a heritage tourism space in downtown Ithaca. The History Center shares with over a dozen other local non-profits. Visitors can enter through the front door adjacent to the Bernie Milton Pavilion. Street and garage parking (Seneca Street or Green The City of Ithaca began as a small commercial center at the head of Cayuga Lake. The state recognized Ithaca as the county seat in 1817 when it formed Tompkins County and it was incorporated as a Village in 1821. Cornell University opened in 1868 and in 1888 Ithaca became a city. |hbm| xmx| sqb| bne| dfm| mvg| emp| myy| kov| ipg| zka| llh| ftp| ssm| eqz| lun| vfk| kap| bpt| inl| lzd| vgu| acd| pab| avc| mon| rbt| mbt| kxi| bfg| qvo| kpo| aei| owv| eoj| vzu| yeb| xqf| oyp| ijh| odh| leo| xzh| aex| eyk| tvz| krg| eqr| opu| myp|