V. 



OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 



On Cayuga Street, between Seneca and Buffalo, 

 stands a graceful brick edifice that serves the village of 

 Ithaca as High School. Ornamental in its outlines, 

 convenient in location, and furnished in accordance with 

 the best modern scientific ideas on education, it is an 

 honor to the Forest City. 



The corner-stone of the building was laid Sept. 2d, 



1884, with imposing Masonic ceremonies. Sept. 7th, 



1885, the dedicatory services were held in the building. 

 The High School stands on the site of the old Ithaca 

 Academy, the corporation of this institution having 

 made over its property to the village of Ithaca in 18S4. 

 The material of the building is pressed brick, orna- 

 mented with terra cotta work. The first floor contains 

 the rooms of the Grammar School, rooms for the Board 

 of Education and the Superintendent, and cloak rooms. 

 The second story contains a study hall fifty-two by six- 

 ty-five feet, a physical laboratory, four recitation rooms 

 and the Principal's office. The entire cost of the com- 

 pleted building was $55,549.18. The building is fur- 

 nished throughout with school furniture of the most 

 approved construction, and supplied with every appli- 

 ance to promote the good health of the pupils. The 

 building is a noble structure, and in its completeness 

 and efficiency well represents the public school system 

 of Ithaca. 



