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

Forest Home

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, December 17, 2024

1. Forest Home Marker

Inscription.
Settled in 1794. Known then as Sidney’s Mill. Later Free Hollow. 19th Century center of industry. Renamed Forest Home 1876.

Erected 1996 by Town of Ithaca.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1794.

Location. 42° 27.082′ N, 76° 27.926′ W. Marker is in Ithaca, New York, in Tompkins County. It is in Forest Home. It is on Forest Home Drive, on the right when traveling north. This marker was moved from the other side of the creek. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 304 Forest Home Drive, 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 the North Atlantic Region,

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.

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least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pearl S. Buck (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Former Industry (approx. 0.3 miles away); Veterinary College (approx. 0.4 miles away); Cornell University (approx. 0.4 miles away); Judd Falls (approx. 0.6 miles away); A Stream of Opportunities (approx. 0.8 miles away); East Ithaca (approx. 0.9 miles away); Redbud Woods (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ithaca.

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, December 17, 2024

2. Forest Home Marker

Photographed by Mira Earls, May 8, 2024

3. Forest Home Marker

The marker was on a private road at the time this photo was taken. It has since been moved.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 8, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 6, 2023, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 500 times since then and 70 times this year. Last updated on April 8, 2026, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 7, 2026, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. 3. submitted on May 8, 2024, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.