Ten Commandments Houses (demolished), 200 block of Meadow St.

The Southside's African-American Heritage Walking Tour (Historic Brochure Edition 2003)

Ten Commandments Houses (demolished), 200 block of Meadow St.

Ithaca, New York 14850, United States

Created By: Ithaca Heritage

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Nine identical houses, known by neighborhood residents as the "Ten Commandments," housed Irish, Italian, and Black immigrants. These small houses contained no more than a few rooms and an attic. They were town down in the early 1990s.

IMAGE: HistoryForge.net Ithaca Sanborn Fire Insurance Atlas, 1919-20; F.W. Beers Map of Ithaca, 1889

This point of interest is part of the tour: The Southside's African-American Heritage Walking Tour (Historic Brochure Edition 2003)


 

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