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Southeast Neighborhoods - Culver University East
Winton Road. The East Avenue Historic Preservation District, with its stately mansions and park-like … and residents, continues to protect East Avenue’s historic ambiance in the face of local commercial impacts …. CUE meets four times a year at the Rochester Academy of Medicine on East Avenue, the former home …
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City Neighborhoods, Housing & More
and learn more about the home-buying process. Or, find places to rent. Our Historic Places Rochester's … for guidance, visit Rochester's neighborhoods. We boast the best of urban living: porches for sitting … For an up-to-date view of houses for sale in Rochester, visit Rochester City Living, an easy-to-navigate website …
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News Release – Edgerton R-Center Model Railroad Delivers Holiday Cheer During Special December Hours
City of Rochester News Release (Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023 …) – Chugging along for 73 years and counting, the Edgerton R-Center’s historical model train exhibit is open … and features interactive scenes from Rochester across all four seasons. The winter scene depicts a festive …
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Municipal Archives and Records Center
the City of Rochester during this period. Search Marriage Licenses from 1876 through 1960 with the Historic … page fee for copies of the records you request. The charge for historical photographs depends upon … Collections The Archival Collections contain the history of Rochester's government. The Minutes …
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Erie Canal: The One and Only
River is what turned Rochester from a frontier outpost to a buzzing young community. But it was the Erie … Canal that transformed Rochester into "The Young Lion of the West." Completed in 1825 after a Herculean … vessels --the canal ceased to course through the heart of downtown Rochester; the amazing aqueduct over …
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Frederick Douglass Bicentennial
and legacy of Rochester's favorite son, legendary social reformer Frederick Douglass. Frederick Douglass … is one of the greatest historical figures of all time. His leadership of the abolitionist movement … in Rochester and beyond. -Mayor Lovely A. Warren The Year of Frederick Douglass proclamation was delivered …
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Public Market - Well Over a Century of Service
the village of Rochester only had a few thousand residents and the municipal market was built partially over … Market, Rochester's first major civic undertaking, built on the river's east side between the Andrews … in the community also inspires historic preservation--because the historic elements of the Market are key to making …
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Preserving Our Heritage
there – and its unique heritage is no small part of that equation. Rochester is no exception. We are proud … to protecting Rochester's many beautiful and distinctive buildings and neighborhoods. On these pages, you … of rehabilitation make it impossible. I hope you find this document instructive and informative. Rochester’s proud …
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Northwest Neighborhoods - Dutchtown
Northwest Quadrant - Dutchtown Visitors to Rochester’s … Dutchtown Neighborhood may expect some historical connection to Holland. However, while it may hold gardens … German settlers. These settlers migrated from Frankfort, Rochester’s earliest settlement along …
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News Release - City Unveils Iroquois Creation Story Mural at the Floreano Convention Center
City of Rochester News Release (Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021 … has been a joy and a privilege to work with the City of Rochester to achieve success in placing … of the Seneca Nation of Indians. He is also the Historic Site Manager of Ganondagan State Historic Site …
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Northwest Neighborhoods - Maplewood
older homes that increase in value (many are listed in the National Register of Historic Places … neighborhood’s boundaries reach west to Mt. Read Blvd., north to the historic Holy Sepulchre Cemetery and east …, Rochester Driving Park, from 1874 to 1895. Along with the racetrack, it also hosted exhibition shows …
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Southwest Neighborhoods - Changing of The Scenes
with the trolleys’ arrival. Here the area’s second hospital, originally named “City” and later named Rochester … the small area, churches abound. Residents can worship at the historic 700-member Mt. Olivet Baptist Church … on Adams Street. This church opened in 1910 as the first Baptist Church in Rochester specifically …
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Northeast Neighborhoods - Upper Falls
, at the east end of the Bausch Memorial Bridge in the City of Rochester. The memorial was designed by Walter H … Rothwell and Rush Rhees of the University of Rochester. The memorial still stands and there are plans …, Mount Vernon and Antioch Baptist Churches, are remembered for their historic role in the riots. Both …
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News Release - Updates on Pulaski Building Fire
City of Rochester News Release (Wednesday, Nov. 29 … to be razed in the coming days. “This is a very unfortunate outcome for an important and historic building … by the City. It is listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places and was included …
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Southeast Neighborhoods - Pearl Meigs Monroe
The Pearl-Meigs-Monroe Neighborhood is several blocks from Rochester’s foremost green spaces of Highland Park and Cobbs … of restaurants, boutiques, a yoga studio, an art center, the historic Monroe Branch Public Library and a YMCA … for President James Monroe, the area was one of two historic roadways between the original settlement …
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Southeast Neighborhoods - Neighborhood of The Arts
more than any other Rochester neighborhood, The Neighborhood of the Arts (NOTA) projects a very notable … Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Writers and Books Image City Photography Gallery Within … and archives in the world. It also includes the 535-seat historic Dryden Theater and world-leading training …
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Path Through History Celebration at Mount Hope Cemetery
Hope Cemetery, 1133 Mt. Hope Ave. Meet historic re-enactors Frederick Douglass and Nathaniel Rochester … Listen to live music by the Excelsior Cornet Band Catch a baseball from an historic baseball player …
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Southeast Neighborhoods - Browncroft
neighborhood. Over 400 homes are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Large houses fronted … be found in this historic district. This glorious confluence of residences and landscape design … developer of the area. The residential neighborhood attracts many of Rochester’s most prominent public …
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Mount Hope Cemetery
into a beautiful historic cemetery. A diversified forest of trees forms an arboretum shading thousands of marble …. The cemetery offers a designated green burial section, the Garden of Renewal, which is set within the historic … feedback/comments about our cemeteries here 1133 Mount Hope Ave. Rochester, NY 14620 map
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Rochester Celebrates 100 Years of Woman Suffrage in New York
Rochester Celebrates 100 Years of Woman Suffrage in New York …Throughout 2017, Rochester will celebrate 100 years … of Woman Suffrage in New York and the role Susan B. Anthony and the Rochester community played …