Boardman House (Ithaca, New York)

The Boardman House is a historic house located at 120 East Buffalo Street in Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York.

Boardman House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	120 E. Buffalo St., Ithaca, New York
Coordinates	42.44148°N 76.49794°W / 42.44148; -76.49794
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built	1867
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	71000559[1]
Added to NRHP	May 6, 1971

Description and history

The house was built in 1866 by A.B. Dale for George McChain, on land purchased from Ezra Cornell.[2] It is a three-story, Italianate structure with red brick and brown trim, with full basement.[3][2] The main block is 42 feet square and features a hipped roof and cupola.[3]

The house is named for Judge Douglass Boardman, the first dean of Cornell Law School, who purchased it in 1886.[2] In 1911, the building was sold to the Ithaca Conservatory of Music, now Ithaca College.[2][3]

In 1966, the Ithaca College Museum of Art opened in the Boardman House, but the museum closed in 1972.[4] The college sold the building in 1972.[5]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 6, 1971.

See Also

• De Witt Park Historic District
• Douglas Boardman

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "The Boardman House". Historic Ithaca. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
3. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-01. Note: This includes Stephen W. Jacobs (October 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Boardman House" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-01. and Accompanying photograph
4. http://www.ithaca.edu/handwerker/information/history/ History of the Handwerker Gallery
5. The Ghosts of Boardman House