Highland in Rochester in Monroe County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Helen Pitts Douglass
1838 - 1903
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 5, 2024
1. Helen Pitts Douglass Grave Marker
Frederick Douglass
Through her vision his greatness was
memorialized at Cedar Hill in Washington, D.C.
Mrs. Douglass was the founder of the
Frederick Douglass Historical and Memorial Association
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Women.
Location. 43° 7.86′ N, 77° 36.869′ W. Marker is in Rochester, New York, in Monroe County. It is in Highland. It can be reached from Mount Hope Avenue. Marker is in the Douglass Family Plot in Section T of Mount Hope Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 791 Mount Hope Avenue, Rochester NY 14620, 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: Anna Murray Douglass (here, next to this marker); Frederick Douglass (within shouting distance of this marker); Old Scottish Burial Plot (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Temple B'rith Kodesh/Rochester German Benevolent Society Burial Plots (about 700 feet away); Rochester Orphan Asylum Burial Plot (approx. 0.2 miles away); Susan B. Anthony
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Also see . . . Women in Preservation: Helen Pitts Douglass and the Frederick Douglass Memorial (National Trust). (Submitted on January 24, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 5, 2024
2. Helen Pitts Douglass Grave Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on January 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 24, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 266 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 24, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
