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Ithaca in Tompkins County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Old Stone Heap

 
 
Old Stone Heap Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, September 25, 2020
1. Old Stone Heap Marker
Inscription.
Davenport’s Tavern-Lot 87. Here Abner Treman spent the night on his return, 1793-1794, to his claim, now the Village of Trumansburg
 
Erected 1932 by State Education Department.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1793.
 
Location. 42° 27.455′ N, 76° 31.484′ W. Marker has been reported damaged. Marker is in Ithaca, New York, in Tompkins County. It is at the intersection of Trumansburg Road (New York State Route 96) and Hillcrest Drive, on the right when traveling north on Trumansburg Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ithaca NY 14850, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and in the Southern Tier. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8
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other markers are within 2 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Catskill Turnpike (approx. 0.8 miles away); The Cascadilla Boathouse (approx. 0.8 miles away); Louis Agassiz Fuertes Memorial Bird Sanctuary & Overlook (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Movie Studio (approx. 1.1 miles away); Wharton Studio (approx. 1.1 miles away); Hayts Chapel (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Picnic Pavilion (approx. 1.1 miles away); Edwin Crowell Stewart (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ithaca.
 
Wide location view of Old Stone Heap Marker in Ithaca image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mira Earls, May 7, 2022
2. Wide location view of Old Stone Heap Marker in Ithaca
Old Stone Heap Marker broken image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mira Earls, August 13, 2025
3. Old Stone Heap Marker broken
Old Stone Heap Marker broken image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mira Earls, August 13, 2025
4. Old Stone Heap Marker broken
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 27, 2023, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 2,138 times since then and 159 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on May 27, 2023, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York.   2. submitted on April 2, 2024, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York.   3, 4. submitted on August 13, 2025, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
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