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M.A. Historic Preservation Planning 2008
Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles: A Historic Structure Report for the Buffalo Street Pumping Station.
In 2007 I completed a historic structure report for a class in building materials conservation. This project also included a hand-drawn set of existing building plans for a measured drawing class. According to the National Park Service, “a historic structure report . . . serves as an important guide for all changes made to a historic property during a project-repair, rehabilitation, or restoration.”
Clinton L. Vivian, a prominent Ithaca architect, designed the Buffalo Street Pumping Station in 1926; it was erected 1929. The Ithaca City Directories list it from 1930-1969 as a voting booth, and it became vacant in 1970 -- until 2005 when the city of Ithaca allowed Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles to use the building as their workshop.
35 years of vacancy and little upkeep by the city have caused considerable deterioration. The recommended treatment for the project is for the continued stabilization of the structure.
Sources: Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, Ithaca City Directories, Building Plans: City of Ithaca Department of Public Works, History of Ithaca’s Water and Sewer Systems, Environmental Impact Statement: Route 96 Improvements, Interviews by author.
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