{"nrhp_refnum":"86001652","name":"East Hill Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Cascadilla Creek, Eddy St., Six Mile Creek, and Aurora St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ithaca","county":"Tompkins County","state":"NY","lat":42.34005939000005,"lon":-76.48602230866098,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-08-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 29-block, 65-acre residential historic district on a steep hill east of downtown Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, with 254 principal buildings dating from about 1830 to the 1930s.","why_significant":"The district holds the greatest concentration of Ithaca's architecturally and historically significant buildings. Most were built between 1870 and 1920, during building booms tied to the opening and expansion of Cornell University. It shows a broad range of American styles, with several designs by architect William H. Miller.","narrative":"East Hill is a 65-acre neighborhood of 254 principal buildings on a steep hill east of downtown Ithaca, New York, bounded by the Cascadilla and Six-Mile Creek gorges. Buildings date from about 1830 to the 1930s, but most went up between 1870 and 1920, when Cornell University's opening and growth, along with horsecar and street railway links to downtown, set off waves of construction. The streets climb roughly 350 feet from Aurora Street to Eddy Street and hold a wide mix of styles: modest Greek Revival houses, Italianate and Victorian Gothic residences, Queen Anne and Shingle Style homes, Colonial Revival houses and Arts and Crafts examples. Notable landmarks include the Henry W. Sage Mansion at 512 East State Street and the Liberty Hyde Bailey House on Sage Place. Architect William H. Miller designed many buildings. Boarding houses, double houses and brick commercial blocks reflect student housing demand. The boundaries include the most intact historic streetscapes.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William H. Miller; Clarence A. Martin","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, Renaissance Revival, Colonial Revival, Arts and Crafts","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition, with the buildings occupied; the district is mainly residential, with a few commercial, educational and former institutional buildings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.761248-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/86001652.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001652/0ce76ad6d6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001652/0ce76ad6d6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EAST_HILL_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_ITHACA,_TOMPKINS_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EAST_HILL_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_ITHACA,_TOMPKINS_COUNTY.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_(Ithaca,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5328605"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/tompkins-county/east-hill-historic-district-86001652/"}