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511 Cayuga Heights Rd Ithaca

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511 Cayuga Heights Rd Ithaca
Year Built
1923
Architects
J. Lakin Baldridge
Building Type
Residence
Construction
not specified
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Thorn Hill/Robin Hill, 511 Cayuga Heights Road
(Current home of Cornell president)
Year Built: 1923
Architect: J. Lakin Baldridge
Landscape architect: Edward Lawson
Style: English Tudor

"Robin Hill was originally architect J. Lakin Baldridge's own home, which he called Thorn Hill. When the Baldridges sold Thorn Hill to Robert E. and Carolyn S. Treman in 1944, the Tremans gave the mansion its current name. ​In 1963, the university purchased the house, and Cornell President James Perkins and family moved in.  ... The half-timbered house is built of locally quarried Llenroc (Cornell spelled backwards) stone, and stucco, with leaded glass windows, large and small slate roof tiles, and copper water pipes, indicating the high-quality standards used. A monument to the pre-Depression era, the house boasts 9,000 square feet, has seventeen rooms, nine fireplaces, eight bathrooms, and closets as large as entire rooms."

Accessed Feb 26 2025

Resident Household in 1950
NameSexAgeRelationOccupation
Robert E TremanM61HeadManager
Carolyn TremanF51WifeNone
Laura TremanF15DaughterNone
Carol TremanF11DaughterNone
Robert L ChandlerM25GardenerNone
Del S ChandlerF25MaidChildren's Companion
J Craig ChandlerM1Gardener’s SonNone