Downtown in Rochester in Monroe County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
First RIT Campus
Photographed by Steve Bodnar, October 19, 2018
1. First RIT Campus Marker
Mechanics Institute est. 1885
located here. Merged 1891 &
renamed Rochester Institute
of Technology in 1944.
Erected 2018 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 506.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. In addition, it is included in the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1829.
Location. 43° 9.163′ N, 77° 36.943′ W. Marker is in Rochester, New York, in Monroe County. It is in Downtown. It is on Spring Street, on the right when traveling east. Across the street from the Bevier Memorial Building which is located at corner of Spring Street and S. Washington Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Rochester NY 14608, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Finger Lakes. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Have honor for Nathaniel Rochester (within shouting distance of this marker); Jonathan Child (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Ely House - 1837 (about 600 feet away); Hervey Ely House (about 700 feet away); The 100 Acre Tract (about 800 feet away); Broad Street (approx. 0.2 miles away); Pioneer School
this page online
More about this marker. Located in front of empty lot
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, January 12, 2019
2. First RIT Campus Site
Credits. This page was last revised on May 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 12, 2019, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. This page has been viewed 603 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 25, 2019, by Deryn Pomeroy of Syracuse, New York. 2. submitted on January 12, 2019, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
