Ithaca High School/DeWitt Mall

Multi-Family Construction: ; 

Roof of Main Structure: Non-combustible; 

Additional Sections: 

SW Wing 

Main Structure assigned to 2 story section just north of "Tower" / 

Section 1, right front (S), no construction details, "Tower" / 

Section 2, back of Section 1, 2 stories, non-combustible roof / 

Section 3, right of Section 1 and 2 (S), 2 stories, non-combustible roof / 

Section 4, back (E), 2 stories, non-combustible roof / 

Section 5, left front (N), 3 stories, non-combustible roof / 

Section 6, back of Section 5 (E), 2 stories, non-combustible roof / 

Section 7, left of Section 5 and 6 (N), 3 stories, non-combustible roof / 

Section 8, left of Section 7 (N), 3 stories, non-combustible roof / 

Section 9, back of Section 8 (E), 2 stories, non-combustible roof, "V.P." vertical pipe 

 

SE Wing 

Section 10, back of Section 4 (E), 2 stories, non-combustible roof / 

Section 11, right of Section 10 (S), 1 story, non-combustible roof / 

Section 12, back right of Section 10 (E), 2 stories, non-combustible roof / 

Section 13, back of Section 12 (E), 2 stories, non-combustible roof / 

Section 14, back center of Section 10 (E), 3 stories, non-combustible roof / 

Section 15, back center of Section 10, 3 stories, non-combustible roof / 

Section 16, back left of Section 10 (E), 3 stories, non-combustible roof, "V.P." (vertical pipe) / 

Section 17, left of Section 10 (N), 1 story, non-combustible roof / 

Section 18, left of Section 16 (N), 3 stories, non-combustible roof / 

Section 19, left of Section 16 (N), 3 stories, non-combustible roof 

 

N Wing 

Section 20, back left corner of total complex (NE), "3B" 3 stories and basement, non-combustible roof, "V.P." (vertical pipe), 3 boilers / 

Section 21, center left of total complex (N), "2B" 2 stories and basement, non-combustible roof, "Gymnasium Bst" (basement), "Assembly Hall 1st", "Study Hall 2nd" / 

Section 22, front left of total complex (NW), "3B: 3 stories and basement, non-combustible roof, "V.P." (vertical pipe) ; 

Porches: ; 

Outbuildings: ; 

Other: "High & Grammar School", "Heat: steam 7 Vert. Pipes - no hose" "Slow burning construction", Courtyard "Area" surrounded by Section 9, Section 4, Section 10, Section 17, Section 16, Section 18, Section 19, and Section 21;

"The DeWitt Building (1912) is another work by William Henry Miller. It served originally as a senior high school and then a junior high. The building style is referred to as Tudor Revival or Collegiate Gothic, emulating the medieval buildings of the great British universities. The roof parapet and crenelated parapet over the north entrance recall castle battlements, and rough-faced stone at the first story contributes to the feeling of a Gothic castle. The entrance facing Cayuga Street is shaped in a Tudor arch. Gargoyles grace the windows, and signs for boys' and girls' entrances are molded in terra cotta.

In his 1806 map, Simeon DeWitt designated this site for a school, and until 1971 it served as one. The building has since been adapted for commercial and residential purposes, though much of the character of the school building has been retained. The lower level is a mall, with restaurants, boutiques, and offices."