Rufus and Flora Bates House is a historic home located in the South Hill neighborhood of Ithaca in Tompkins County, New York.

It was built about 1828 and is a 1+1⁄2-story, five-bay, center entrance frame dwelling in the Greek Revival style.

It was the home of Rufus Bates, one of the early presidents of the Village of Ithaca.

[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

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