Clinton House (Ithaca, New York)
Coordinates: 42 ° 26 '24.8 " N , 76 ° 29' 58.2" W.
The Clinton House is a historic building in downtown the City of Ithaca in Tompkins County of the US state of New York . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 12, 1971 , and was predominantly built in the neo-classical style that is common to older buildings in Ithaca. Today the building houses a small theater as well as a ticket sales point for many local cultural events. The building is adjacent to the Ithaca Commons .
The Clinton House was originally built between 1828–1829 as an upper-class hotel and the city's first office building. With 150 hotel rooms, it was very large for a city then with around 4,000 inhabitants. The building was named after DeWitt Clinton , who was governor of New York between 1817 and 1822 and again between 1824 and 1827. At least four US presidents stayed in the hotel, as well as numerous actors from Ithaca's brief heyday as a center for the Film industry .
The classicist architectural style was popular in North America between 1820 and 1860. The pillars at the front and the huge windows and doors are typical features of this style.
At present, the building houses numerous offices and an educational facility.
See also
supporting documents
- ^ National Register Information System . In: National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . Retrieved January 23, 2007.
- ↑ Stephen W. Jacobs and Elizabeth Mulholland: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Clinton House ( English ) New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . April 1971. Archived from the original on October 31, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved on August 5, 2012. See also: two accompanying images ( memento of the original from October 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Historic Ithaca Buildings ( Memento of November 5, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- Clinton House, 120 North Cayuga Street, Ithaca, Tompkins, NY : 20 photos, 1 data page, 2 photo caption pages, and 1 color transparency at Historic American Buildings Survey