The Boardman House is a historic house located at 120 East Buffalo Street in
Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York. It is part of the
De Witt Park Historic District.
[https://www.historicithaca.org/post/boardman-house]
Description and history
The house was built in 1866 by A.B. Dale for George McChain, on land purchased from
Ezra Cornell
Ezra Cornell (; January 11, 1807 – December 9, 1874) was an American businessman, politician, academic, and philanthropist. He was the founder of Western Union and a co-founder of Cornell University. He also served as president of the New York ...
.
It is a three-story,
Italianate
The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style combined its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century It ...
structure with red brick and brown trim, with full basement.
The main block is 42 feet square and features a hipped roof and
cupola
In architecture, a cupola () is a relatively small, usually dome-like structure on top of a building often crowning a larger roof or dome. Cupolas often serve as a roof lantern to admit light and air or as a lookout.
The word derives, via Ital ...
.
The house is named for Judge
Douglass Boardman, the first dean of
Cornell Law School
Cornell Law School is the law school of Cornell University, a private university, private, Ivy League university in Ithaca, New York.
One of the five Ivy League law schools, Cornell Law School offers four degree programs (Juris Doctor, JD, Maste ...
, who purchased it in 1886.
In 1911, the building was sold to the Ithaca Conservatory of Music, now
Ithaca College
Ithaca College is a private college in Ithaca (town), New York, Ithaca, New York. It was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a Music school, conservatory of music. Ithaca College is known for its media-related programs and entertainment program ...
.
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In 1966, the Ithaca College Museum of Art opened in the Boardman House, but the museum closed in 1972.National Register of Historic Places
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on May 6, 1971 and currently used for offices.
See also
* De Witt Park Historic District
* Douglas Boardman
References
External links
Buildings and structures in Ithaca, New York
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Italianate architecture in New York (state)
Houses completed in 1867
Houses in Tompkins County, New York
National Register of Historic Places in Tompkins County, New York
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