Cornell Heights Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located in Ithaca, New York. The district contains 208 contributing buildings and one contributing site. It consists of an early 20th-century residential subdivision developed between 1898 and 1942, and originally conceived as a "residence park" for faculty members of Cornell University, directly north of the Fall Creek gorge. ''Note:'' This includes an
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/ref> It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Carl Sagan's former house, a converted 1926 Egyptian Revival building perched halfway down the cliff of Fall Creek gorge, is a contributing building of the district.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Historic districts in Tompkins County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Tompkins County, New York {{TompkinsCountyNY-NRHP-stub