{"nrhp_refnum":"89001205","name":"Cornell Heights Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Kline Rd., Highland Ave., Brock Ln., Triphammer Rd., Fall Creek, Stewart Ave., and Needham Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ithaca","county":"Tompkins County","state":"NY","lat":42.456134023500056,"lon":-76.48936513839769,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-09-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A planned early-twentieth-century residential subdivision along the northern rim of the Fall Creek gorge opposite Cornell University, in Ithaca and the village of Cayuga Heights, Tompkins County, New York. Most homes were built between 1898 and 1942.","why_significant":"The district is significant for its architecture, its landscape architecture and its role in community development and planning. It was laid out as a curvilinear \"residence park\" for Cornell faculty and other professionals. Its street plan, mature plantings and varied, often architect-designed houses remain largely intact.","narrative":"Cornell Heights is a planned residential neighborhood on a high plateau north of the Fall Creek gorge, directly across from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. A small part lies in the village of Cayuga Heights. Laid out in two phases on a curving street plan under a landscape architect, it was conceived as a residence park for university faculty and other local professionals. Most houses date from 1898 to the early 1940s, and many were designed by architects or built individually by local contractors rather than from standard plans. Colonial Revival, Craftsman and Tudor Revival styles predominate, with Prairie and Mission influences, and stucco and shingle are the common materials. The original street plan, mature conifers and shade trees, and stone retaining walls survive. The district has 209 contributing and 24 noncontributing resources. It was listed for its architecture, landscape design and role in the planned growth of the community.","period_of_significance":"1898-ca. 1942","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th century revivals; Tudor Revival; Colonial Revival; Mission; Late 19th & early 20th Century American Movement; Prairie School; Arts & Crafts","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still predominantly residential; many houses have been subdivided for student housing, and fraternity and sorority houses form the second largest residential use. Architectural integrity is described as high.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.242905-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/89001205.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001205/cda55ff35c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001205/cda55ff35c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tri-Delta_sorority_building_in_Cornell_Heights_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:Tri-Delta_sorority_building_in_Cornell_Heights_Historic_District,_Ithaca,_Tompkins_County.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322479","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_Heights_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5171527"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/tompkins-county/cornell-heights-historic-district-89001205/"}