A Historic Tour through Newfield (2003 Historic Brochure)

A digitized version of “A historic tour through Newfield” pamphlet (2003)

Newfield, New York lies within Tompkins County about eight miles southwest of the city of Ithaca. The town is broken by hills rising from the Cayuga Valley to 2097 feet above sea level at Connecticut Hill. Springs water the area, and the west branch of the Cayuga Inlet flows through the village.

ACCESSIBILITY NOTES ABOUT THIS TOUR:

This tour is intended as a driving or avid cycling tour.

Locations 1 through 11 are walking accessible (1.16 mi)

Locations 12 through 17 are recommended to visit by car

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This tour is based on a pamphlet published in 2003. It was intended to serve as a guide to the numerous historic landmarks in the town. It was originally prepared by the Newfield Bicentennial Committe in 1976 with the cooperation of the town board and was republished by the Newfield Historical Society in May 2003. The pamphlet was written by Alan Chaffee, Newfield's Town Historian and Robin Andersen. Funding frot eh guide was granted to the Newfield Historical Society by the Tompkins County Occupancy Tax Fund.