The History Center offers downtown tours and reveals secrets of the city’s macabre past
Read about it at The Ithacan online
Tour dates:
Thursday, October 23rd
7pm & 7:15pm & 7:30pm
Friday, October 24th
7pm & 7:15pm & 7:30pm
Saturday, October 25th
7pm, & 7:15pm and 7:30pm
Thursday, October 30th
7pm & 7:15pm & 7:30pm
Friday, October 31st
7pm & 7:15pm and 7:30pm
All tours embark from the Main Pavilion on the Ithaca Commons.
Ticket Information:
$10 in advance
$15 at the door
(*if there is space)
Tickets available for purchase at:
The History Center,
410 E. State Street, Suite 100 in the Gateway Center,
just one block away from the Ithaca Commons
and
The Ithaca Downtown Partnership information
booth on the Ithaca
Commons.
To reserve a spot or for more information, contact:
W. Schwartz
Marketing and Development Manager
The History Center
401 E. State St. Suite 100
607.273.8284 x.6
community@TheHistoryCenter.net
Which local house fell into a gorge, after a series
of reported ghost sightings?
What happened during the Buffalo Street bobsledding trip gone wrong?
Which early settlers to the County were chopping more than just wood?
Learn about all of this and more, on
The History Center’s
Haunted History Tour
of Downtown Ithaca.
The tour is guided walking tour spanning approximately
an hour and fifteen minutes, featuring tales touching upon many important
events in the City such as the Iroquois Settlement along Cayuga Lake,
Cornell family and University history, silent movie stars, World War
II Veterans, and such landmarks as Cascadilla Gorge, the Clinton House,
the State Theatre, and the City Cemetery. Tour goers will encounter
reenactments and vignettes along the route.
- All ages welcome.
- There is limited space on each tour
- pre-registration is recommended.
- The tour is also available for private bookings, call for
more information.
Read the Ithaca Journal story:
"Get
out and take a walk on the spooky side".
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