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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CAO_have-honor-for-nathaniel-rochester_Rochester-NY.html
Have honor for Nathaniel Rochester after whom our city was named.Born in Virginia 21 February 1752Colonel in the American RevolutionPatriot Pioneer FounderHe typified in his honorable public service and private enterprise the best pioneer traditio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18CM_an-early-doctor_Rochester-NY.html
John Smyles came to Irondequoit 1805, also farmer, journalist, supervisor, abolitionist. Built this home in 1850.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18AK_hartwell-carver-m-d_Rochester-NY.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18AJ_douglass-home_Rochester-NY.html
Frederick Douglass, abolitionist and editor of the "North Star", hid many fugitive slaves at his home on this site.
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Underground Railroad SitesRochester'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 by pe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM189D_site-of-rochester-city-hospital_Rochester-NY.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM189C_schiller-park_Rochester-NY.html
Renamed in honor of Friedrich von Schiller, Franklin Square was formerly a center of German-American life. Twenty societies gathered here to march to Anderson Park for the dedication of Schiller's Monument, their gift to Rochester, on Nov. 26, 190…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM189B_transportation-and-commerce_Rochester-NY.html
From Seneca fording place to aqueduct and bridge — a perpetual crossing place
Erie Canal Rerouted South of the City and out of Downtown The last canal boat passed through the Erie Canal in downtown Rochester in 1919. The city had grown be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1899_harris-seed-farm_Rochester-NY.html
1879 Founded by Joseph Harris editor and owner of the "Genesee Farmer" 1856-1865 County of Monroe 1959
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1898_original-site-of-frederick-douglass-monument_Rochester-NY.html
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…