Historical Markers and War Memorials in Highland, New York
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Wife of Abolitionist Frederick Douglass and mother of his five children. Anna was born free and encouraged Frederick to seek his own freedom. She was a co-conductor on the Underground Railroad here in Rochester, NY. She was a prominent . . . — — Map (db m239862) HM
On East River Road, 1.2 miles west of Bastian Road, on the left when traveling west.
Baker Field From April-December 1918, U.S. Army School of Aerial Photography was located on this site. Trained aerial photographers for WWI. — — Map (db m166823) HM
Near Wilson Boulevard at Elmwood Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Empires in America After Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492, European invaders claimed it for themselves. By the middle of the eighteenth century, France, England, and Spain claimed possession of most of the North American . . . — — Map (db m131876) HM
This memorial has no identifying text other than a short excerpt from Theodore O'Hara's poem, Bivouac of the Dead
On Fame's eternal camping ground
their silent tents are spread,
And Glory guards with solemn round
the bivouac of the . . . — — Map (db m70733) WM
Dedicated by the County of Monroe and the City of Rochester in honor of Ted Curtis
Visionary advocate for the City of Rochester, the Genesee River and the Erie Canal
14 July 2011
On the 20th anniversary of the Corn Hill Waterfront & . . . — — Map (db m57771) HM
Near Wilson Boulevard at Towers Road, on the left when traveling east.
Constructed – 1915 Pedestrian Conversion Date – 2011 Originally constructed to carry the Rochester branch of the Erie Railroad, ca 1854, the heavy plate girder structure is carried on a series of cut stone piers. Enlarged in 1917-1920 as part of the . . . — — Map (db m198751) HM
Near Wilson Boulevard just south of Alumni Road, on the right when traveling north.
In memory of Francis Bellamy Class of 1876 • Author Of • I pledge allegiance to my flag and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all. — — Map (db m238090) HM
On South Avenue, 0.2 miles north of Rockingham Street, on the left when traveling north.
Underground Railroad Sites
Rochester's proximity to Lake Ontario afforded runaway slaves a direct route to freedom in Canada. Hundreds of runaway slaves were "conducted" from one "station" to another along this secret network of escape routes . . . — — Map (db m65156) HM
In memory of Hartwell Carver, M.D. a descendant of John Carver who came over in the May Flower A.D. 1620.
He lived to see as an achieved fact what forty years before was to him a vision of the future.
Many years of his life were devoted to . . . — — Map (db m65161) HM
Widow of Orator and Statesman
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 . . . — — Map (db m239864) HM
This plaque is dedicated to the men, women and children
whose unmarked graves were discovered in Highland Park
in 1984 and subsequently reinterred here. They are
believed to have been 19th century residents of the
Monroe County . . . — — Map (db m239882) HM
Born Oct. 22 1819
Initiated Nov. 30 1950
Grand Master 1875
Grand Representative 1877
Grand Sire 1894
Pres. I.O.O.F. Home Lockport 1893
Died July 30 1905
55 years service in Odd Fellowship
Erected by the Lodges and Encampments
of . . . — — Map (db m239877) HM
Near Mount Hope Blvd., 0.2 miles north of Elmwood Avenue.
In the evening of the ninth of November, 1886,
The Manufactory of the Steam Gauge and Lantern Company,
while filled with operatives was destroyed by a fierce
and sudden fire in which thirty-four lives were lost.
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The remains of these . . . — — Map (db m70894) HM
On Mount Hope Avenue (New York State Route 15) 0.1 miles north of McLean Street, on the right when traveling north.
Nursery Office Designed by A.J. Davis in the Gothic style, 1855 for Ellwanger and Barry, the nurserymen who made Rochester the Flower City. — — Map (db m101157) HM
Near South Plymouth Avenue north of Elmwood Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Oak Hill Country Club was established in 1901 on 85 acres next to the Genesee River. The initial 137 members paid a $25 initiation fee and annual dues of $20. Membership provided access to nine holes of golf, a farmhouse
repurposed as a clubhouse, . . . — — Map (db m189951) HM
This memorial, provided by the Scottish Heritage Society of Rochester,
is dedicated to the memory of all Scots souls interred here.
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Chas. Albert 1869-1871 • Child [of] James Albert . . . — — Map (db m239867) HM
[Bas relief of horses galloping with steam fire engine]
Glorious
in beauty and in service
Faithful Friends
We cannot call them dumb
because they spoke in deeds
in every hour of danger
Perpetual remembrance
enshrines
their . . . — — Map (db m239887) HM
Susan B. Anthony 1820-1906 Leader in the movement for women's political, social, economic, and education rights. Proposed the 19th amendment to the United States Constitution. — — Map (db m115281) HM
Temple B'rith Kodesh
Dedicated April 3, 1848
First Burial August 30, 1849
Rochester German Benevolent Society
Dedicated December 4, 1848
First Burial April 27, 1850
May their souls be bound up
in the bond of eternal life . . . — — Map (db m239869) HM
Near Moore Road south of Elmwood Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Empire State Trail – Rochester
Welcome to the western New York portion of the Empire State Trail. The Rochester area's settlement stretches back to the Seneca tribe -the westernmost of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy. While it's . . . — — Map (db m182422) HM
Near Wilson Blvd., 0.2 miles north of Elmwood Avenue.
Two events that influenced the University’s expansion from Prince Street to the River Campus were the admittance of women in the university as well as the project to build a medical center. In 1910 a man named Abraham Flexner envisioned a new . . . — — Map (db m70896) HM
On Wilson Boulevard, on the left when traveling east.
Full many fair and famous streams beneath the sun there be,
But more to us than any seems our own dear Genesee.
We love her banks and stately falls, for to our minds they bring
Our dear old Alma Mater's halls, where sweetest memories cling. . . . — — Map (db m131259) HM
Near Mount Hope Blvd., 0.2 miles north of Elmwood Avenue.
Capt-Lieut. Thomas Boyd, Sergeant Michael Parker, Sergeant Nicholas Hungerman, Sergeant William Floyd, Corporal Calhoun, Oneida Lt. Honyost Thaosagwat
and nine volunteer riflemen, John Conrey, Benjamin Curtin, James McElroy, William . . . — — Map (db m70895) HM WM
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Taken from the Spanish flag-ship Reina Christina at Manila Bay, May 1, 1898.
Dedicated November 28, 1902 by L. Bordman Smith Command No. 53, Spanish War Veterans, Memorial to Monroe County Comrades who sacrificed their lives on the altar of . . . — — Map (db m70732) WM
One of the original counties of Province of New York, established 1683, by Gov. Thomas Dongan, named for William, Prince of Orange. — — Map (db m81840) HM
Near Minisink Battle Ground Road, on the left when traveling east.
Hospital Rock is the most historically significant place on the battleground. Once Brant’s men broke the Americans’ defensive square late in the afternoon, it was in the shadow of this rock that Lt. Col. Benjamin Tusten, a physician from Goshen, . . . — — Map (db m20513) HM
Near Minisink Battle Ground Road, on the left when traveling east.
Although two attempts to recover the bodies of the fallen at Minisink Ford are recorded as having taken place in the weeks following the battle, it was not until 1822, forty-five years after the event, that the remains still lying here were gathered . . . — — Map (db m20507) HM
Near Minisink Battle Ground Road, on the left when traveling east.
Legend has it that the Indians and Tories of Joseph Brant set this stone to honor their dead and wounded who fell before the field of fire from the nearby plateau. — — Map (db m20515) HM
Near Minisink Battle Ground Road, on the left when traveling east.
After the initial contact at the river, Col. Hathorn’s remaining force, about forty men, conducted a fighting retreat until they reached high ground. Here they took up a position about two acres in size. Sentinel Rock, where you are now, marked the . . . — — Map (db m20511) HM
Near Minisink Battle Ground Road, on the left when traveling east.
Erected July 22d, 1879 Dedicated to the memory of the Patriots of the Minisink Region who died here July 22, 1779 in the defence of American Liberty <<<<< * * * >>>>> Erected by the Historical Societies of the Minisink Country and of the . . . — — Map (db m20509) HM
Near Minisink Battle Ground Road, on the left when traveling east.
In July 1779, after raiding the settlement of Minisink, Loyalists and Native Americans under Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant ambushed and pursued Orange County and New Jersey militia. Revolutionary War Heritage Trail — — Map (db m20502) HM
Near Minisink Battle Ground Road, on the left when traveling east.
On July 20, 1779, a party of eighty seven Tories and Iroquois Native Americans under the command of Capt. Joseph Brant raided the frontier settlement of Minisink (present day Port Jervis). The raid destroyed homes, farms and mills and was designed . . . — — Map (db m20505) HM
On U.S. 9W at Milton Avenue (U.S. 44), on the right when traveling south on U.S. 9W.
To the memory of
the brave and patriotic men
of this regiment who served
their country faithfully
in the Third Brigade
Second Division
19th Army Corps
1862 — 1865
This monument erected
by their comrades and friends . . . — — Map (db m146098) WM
On New Paltz Road (County Route 12) at Mae Lane, on the left when traveling north on New Paltz Road.
The N5 model was the world's first all-steel caboose
to go into large-scale production. Designed by the
Pennsylvania Railroad and built at its massive
complex in Altoona, PA, the "N5” was produced from
1914 to 1942, with only minor changes to . . . — — Map (db m146047) HM
On Main Street, 0.1 miles south of Elting Place, on the left when traveling north.
Built by Philip Elting 1817
who founded Village of Highland
on his farm which was devised by
his grandfather Abraham Elting
to Noah Elting April 1797 — — Map (db m145999) HM
On Milton Avenue (U.S. 44) at U.S. 9W, on the right when traveling north on Milton Avenue.
Seeking higher ground, early settlers established this quaint
hamlet surrounded by farmland with not-so-distant views of the
Hudson. To this day, locals still take its geography literally,
pronouncing their home “high land.” Its . . . — — Map (db m146060) HM
On Vineyard Avenue at Main Street, on the left when traveling north on Vineyard Avenue.
Seeking higher ground, early settlers established this quaint
hamlet surrounded by farmland with not-so-distant views of the
Hudson. To this day, locals still take its geography literally,
pronouncing their home “high land.” Its . . . — — Map (db m146088) HM
On River Road at Maple Avenue, on the left when traveling east on River Road.
Yelverton's Landing 1777
Valentine Baker's Landing 1786
New Paltz Landing 1798
The town's shipping center
for a century and a half — — Map (db m145987) HM
On River Road at Maple Avenue, on the right when traveling east on River Road.
If you were standing on this spot nearly 250 years ago, you may have been the target of
British warships making their way up the Hudson to reinforce General Burgoyne in the
Battles of Saratoga. Setting colonists' property on fire with hot . . . — — Map (db m145991) HM
On Mile Hill Road at River Road, on the right when traveling west on Mile Hill Road.
If you were standing on this spot nearly 250 years ago, you may have been the target of
British warships making their way up the Hudson to reinforce General Burgoyne in the
Battles of Saratoga. Setting colonists' property on fire with hot . . . — — Map (db m146048) HM
On Main Street at Vineyard Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Dedicated
To The Sons Of The Town Of Lloyd
Who Offered Their Lives
In Humanity's Defense
In The Great War Of The Nations
And In Memory Of Those
Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice
Those who made the Supreme Sacrifice:
Floyd Davis · Frank . . . — — Map (db m146018) WM
On U.S. 9W at U.S. 44, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 9W.
In Memory Of
The Men And Women
Of The Town of Lloyd
Who Served Our Nation
In War And Peace
They Gave The Supreme Sacrifice
World War II
Bennett, Lloyd B. · Bezzaro, Anthony J. · DiBenedetto, Joseph A. · Donovan, William J. · Dubols, . . . — — Map (db m146096) WM
Near Haviland Road, 0.5 miles east of U.S. 44, on the left when traveling east.
Eleanor Roosevelt, joined by the state superintendent of public works (left) and the bridge designers (right), cuts the ribbon at the August 25, 1930, opening of the Mid-Hudson Bridge.
Background photograph courtesy New York State Bridge . . . — — Map (db m145280) HM
Near Haviland Road, 0.5 miles east of U.S. 44, on the left when traveling east.
The bridge has three cantilevered spans supported by rectangular trusses. Developed during the 19th century, the cantilever span is supported on only one end and can bridge greater distances with few supports.
Background photograph by . . . — — Map (db m145298) HM
Near Haviland Road, 0.5 miles east of U.S. 44, on the left when traveling east.
The eight-man crew from the University of Wisconsin varsity team lifting a 60-foot boat. When this photograph was taken in 1914, races on the Hudson were four miles long and went from north to south with the prevailing current.
Background . . . — — Map (db m145359) HM
Near Haviland Road, 0.5 miles east of U.S. 44, on the left when traveling east.
Sloops were the primary means of travel and shipping on the river, the "eighteen wheelers" of the 19th century. A sloop (from Dutch sloep) is a sailboat with a single mast placed toward the front of the boat.
Background photograph . . . — — Map (db m145299) HM
