{"nrhp_refnum":"15000512","name":"East Hill Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"98-367 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Springville","county":"Erie County","state":"NY","lat":42.51075264000005,"lon":-78.65596761071006,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2015-08-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 29-block residential historic district of 254 principal buildings on a hill east of downtown Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, covering about 65 acres and containing buildings from about 1830 to the 1930s.","why_significant":"The district holds the greatest concentration of Ithaca's architecturally and historically significant buildings. Most date from 1870-1920, when the area was at the height of its prestige, and many resulted from building booms tied to the opening and expansion of Cornell University. It displays a wide range of American styles, including several designed by architect William H. Miller.","narrative":"East Hill is a hillside neighborhood in Ithaca, New York, east of the central business district and southwest of the Cornell University campus. It spans 29 blocks and about 65 acres, bounded by the Cascadilla and Six-Mile Creek gorges, and holds 254 principal buildings. Most are houses built between 1870 and 1920, when building booms followed the opening of Cornell in 1868 and horsecar and street railway lines linked the hill to downtown. The streets form a grid over steep terrain, with a grade change of roughly 350 feet. Styles range from modest Greek Revival houses to Italianate, Victorian Gothic, Queen Anne, Shingle, Colonial Revival and Arts and Crafts designs, many by architect William H. Miller. Notable buildings include the Henry W. Sage Mansion and the Liberty Hyde Bailey House. Rowhouses, boarding houses, brick commercial blocks and carriage barns reflect the demand for student housing. Boundaries were drawn to include only the most intact historic buildings.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William H. Miller, architect (several buildings); Clarence A. Martin, architect (Liberty Hyde Bailey House)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, Renaissance Revival, Colonial Revival, Arts and Crafts","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent, with the district mainly residential; one infirmary has been converted to apartments. Four primary buildings are non-contributing.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.35887-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/86001652.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/15000512/366198bc49-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/15000512/366198bc49-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Warner_Historical_Museum_(George_E._Crandall_House),_Springville_New_York,_Nov_2009.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Warner_Historical_Museum_(George_E._Crandall_House),_Springville_New_York,_Nov_2009.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322491","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Hill_Historic_District_(Springville,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23091506"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/erie-county/east-hill-historic-district-15000512/"}