Ithaca in Tompkins County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Summer Camp
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, April 9, 2022
1. Summer Camp Marker
Cayuga Preventorium est. 1914 at Esty Point for children exposed to tuberculosis. Moved here 1939, closed 1944. Became Nature Center 1975.
Erected 2021 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 871.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine. In addition, it is included in the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1939.
Location. 42° 31.107′ N, 76° 33.409′ W. Marker is in Ithaca, New York, in Tompkins County. It can be reached from Taughannock Boulevard (New York State Route 89) north of Garrett Road, on the left when traveling north. Located in the parking lot at the Cayuga Nature Center. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1420 Taughannock Boulevard, 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Table Salt Wells (approx. 1.6 miles away); Poor House (approx. 2.4 miles away); Benjamin Joy (approx. 2.6 miles away); World War II Memorial (approx. 2.6 miles away); Peter Wheeler (approx. 2.6 miles away); Samuel Weyburn (approx. 2.8 miles away); Rogues Harbor Inn (approx. 2.9 miles away); a different marker also named Rogues Harbor Inn (approx. 2.9 miles away).
Also see . . . Cayuga Nature Center. (Submitted on June 6, 2023, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
Photographed by Mira Earls, February 27, 2024
2. Summer Camp Marker in front of what is now a nature center
Credits. This page was last revised on March 4, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 27, 2023, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 345 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 27, 2023, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. 2. submitted on February 28, 2024, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
