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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Rochester, New York
Rochester is the county seat for Monroe County
Rochester is in Monroe County
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Rochester's first park, offered in 1883 by Ellwanger & Barry Nursery; Accepted Jan. 13, 1888. Park Commission formed May 1, 1888. — — Map (db m56107) HM
Visitors standing atop the 46-foot tall pavilion
that once stood on this site could admire views
of both downtown Rochester and the Bristol Hills.
The high point of Highland Park was crowned
by the Children's Pavilion, a round two- . . . — — Map (db m137322) HM
This plaque is dedicated to the original founders
of the Rochester Water Works, and the hundreds
of succeeding Water Bureau employees who have
carried on the design, construction, operation,
and maintenance of the City's water supply . . . — — Map (db m137308) HM
The Children's Pavilion, a key element of Fredrick Law Olmstead's design plan for Highland Park, stood on this site for 73 ears. A gift of George Ellwanger and Patrick Barry, the pavilion was dedicated September 1890 to the children of Rochester. . . . — — Map (db m137321) HM
From the wreck of the Spanish Cruiser Castilla, Sunk by the American Squadron under Commodore George Dewey, in the Battle of Manila Bay, May 1st, 1898.
American Squadron. Commodore George Dewey: Olympia, Baltimore, Boston, Raleigh, Concord, Hugh . . . — — Map (db m56109) HM
King's Landing First Rochester cemetery; site of first settlement. In its hallowed graves lie this rivers port's pioneers and veterans of three wars. — — Map (db m117892) HM
King's Landing 1796 First white settlement and lake port west of the Genesee River. Founded by Gideon King and Zadock Granger, Revolutionary soldiers, five log houses and a blacksmith shop were erected nearby on Landing Road with a . . . — — Map (db m108623) HM
This Roll Coating Wheel represents the beginnings of the acetate film maufacturing process for the Eastman Kodak Company.
The acetate base is cast onto the wheel surface, cures enough to be stripped off after one revolution, and is conveyed through . . . — — Map (db m108714) HM
Through the efforts of the Rochester Female Charitable Society and the Chartering Board, Rochester City Hospital was erected here on the former site of the Western Cemetery in 1862. Chartered on May 7, 1847 and opened in 1864, the Hospital served . . . — — Map (db m65118) HM
At a shop on this site on November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony and 14 women from this neighborhood voted in the presidential election.
Two weeks later, Miss Anthony was arrested in her home on Madison Street for this illegal action.
Women . . . — — Map (db m61902) HM
West Burying Ground
In 1820 a lot in the woods, distant from the village, was purchased for a new cemetery.
Col. Nathaniel Rochester
Col. Nathaniel Rochester was buried here in the West Burying Ground in 1831. Burials were . . . — — Map (db m61896) HM
The Lock 66 Neighborhood--bounded on three sides by Goodman Street, Monroe Avenue, and Interstate 490--takes its name from Erie Canal Lock 66. The canal followed the route of today's Interstate 490, and Lock 66 was located just southwest of where . . . — — Map (db m231602) HM
On this site in 1862 was erected Camp Fitz-John Porter as a recruit camp for Civil War soldiers. Named after a Union general, it was the initial training ground for Monroe County's 108th and 140th New York infantry regiments and Mack's 18 . . . — — Map (db m115287) HM
Jefferson Avenue was initially settled in the late 1800s by German immigrants, Irish immigrants followed.
In 1888 Jefferson Avenue was formed by the connection of Frances and North Francis Streets, and renamed in honor of President Thomas . . . — — Map (db m135317) HM
Willie Walker Lightfoot lived and worked on Jefferson Avenue from 1954 to 2001.
Athlete, community leader, father, elected official, friend, grandfather, musician, mentor... for over 50 years, Willie was a strong voice for SouthWest Rochester, . . . — — Map (db m135320) HM
When the City of Rochester Public Market opened on its North Union Street site in 1905, it was one of only 125 prominent public places around the country to receive a limited edition, six-ton granite fountain. Designed primarily to serve . . . — — Map (db m199284) HM
Douglass House Frederick Douglass, noted abolitionist and orator, lived here with Sprague family, 1873-1874. Owned building for 32 years. — — Map (db m166822) HM
Camp Hillhouse Col. Crooks' 8th N.Y. Vol. Cav. & Irish Brigade of 105th N.Y. Vol. Inf. used this county fairground site as Civil War recruiting station, 1861-62. — — Map (db m115301) HM
Clara Barton Red Cross Trail linking chapters 1 & 2 of the American Red Cross founded by Miss Barton at Dansville & Rochester 1881 — — Map (db m115302) HM
The canal below your feet was constructed as part of the NYS Barge Canal. Started in 1905 and completed in 1918, it widened older canal sections and built new waterways to accommodate larger barges. This was a new section that bypassed the original . . . — — Map (db m131804) HM
Selected in 1888 by the City of Rochester to design its park system, Frederick Law Olmsted, the "Father of American Landscape Architecture" chose a tract of rolling hills, quiet wooded areas, large meadows and splendid views on both sides of the . . . — — Map (db m182305) HM
This site - once part of the Town of Brighton - was used for farming throughout most of the 1800s. Originally established in 1857, the Monroe County Insane Asylum occupied the land north of Elmwood Avenue. In 1897, the City of Rochester purchased a . . . — — Map (db m145716) HM
Nope. No mules here.
The Erie Canal song relates “I’ve got a mule and her name is Sal.” Sorry, but Sal would not be pulling boats along this trail. This canal was constructed as the Barge Canal between 1905-1918 when boats traveled by . . . — — Map (db m131796) HM
Usually you build a bridge to avoid an obstacle in the way -but sometimes the obstacle shows up later. The Lehigh Valley Railroad was the last major railroad to built in New York State. It transported coal from the mines in the Lehigh Valley of . . . — — Map (db m131229) HM
Canals provide an inexpensive way to move people and goods
1825 The Erie Canal
The Erie Canal connects the Hudson River and Lake Erie. The 363 miles of navigable waterway provided a cost-efficient way to transport goods to and from the . . . — — Map (db m61901) HM
The Earth is Constantly Changing
Soils and sands get washed from mountainsides and settle into lakes and oceans where they are naturally compressed into layers of sedimentary rocks. The layers of rock are like pages of a book and tell the . . . — — Map (db m64530) HM
The Genesee River valley, called by the Native Americans Gen-nis-he-yo (Geneseo) meaning "Pleasant Valley", was prized territory.
In addition to providing transportation and an abundant resource for salmon fishing and hunting, the land had . . . — — Map (db m64531) HM
Post-glacial erosion has exposed the geologic history of Rochester extending back hundreds of millions of years. During the past 12,000 years the Genesee River has cut and shaped the underlying bedrock to form Rochester's gorge and three falls. . . . — — Map (db m62086) HM
By 1855, ten grist mills, producing 500,000 barrels of flour annually, were located along Brown's Race. Twenty-five years later, power generated at Brown's Raceway estimated at 3,670 horsepower. It remained the most powerful water power system in . . . — — Map (db m62085) HM
The Standard Brewing Company was established in 1889. The ornate building was designed by famed architect A.C. Wagner. The brewery specialized in porter and other ales. By 1915, the brewery was producing 50,000 barrels a year. Standard closed during . . . — — Map (db m62088) HM
This plaque marks the original site of a statue erected to honor Frederick Douglass, a former slave who became a leading spokesman for the abolitionist movement. The statue dedicated in 1899 was the first in America to honor the accomplishments of . . . — — Map (db m65113) HM
Samuel Torres arrived in Rochester in 1950 and was instrumental in building Rochester's Hispanic community. He spoke out against discrimination in housing and employment practices and was dedicated. to encouraging
Hispanics to vote and to seek . . . — — Map (db m64558) HM
Samuel Torres arrived in Rochester in 1950 and was instrumental in building Rochester's Hispanic community. He spoke out against discrimination in housing and employment practices and was dedicated. to encouraging
Hispanics to vote and to seek . . . — — Map (db m64559) HM
This building was constructed to serve as the Standard Brewing Company's state of the art bottling plant from 1904-1920. When the 18th Amendment was ratified, Standard ceased brewing operations. From the 1920's-1940's, this building housed several . . . — — Map (db m62087) HM
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