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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/HM17U6_the-genesee-river_Rochester-NY.html
The Genesee River, "Rochester's Greatest Scenic Asset," begins in Pennsylvania and flows north into Lake Ontario. The Genesee reaches Portageville as a sizeable river and plunges dramatically over three spectacular falls it carved through Letchwor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17U5_main-street-bridge_Rochester-NY.html
Before the first Main Street Bridge was completed in 1812, pioneers faced hazardous crossings of the Genesee River. In 1809, the state legislature ordered joint construction by Ontario and Genesee Counties of a bridge at the Old Falls. The new bri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17U4_front-street_Rochester-NY.html
Front Street, once noted for its markets and first local homes of poor immigrants, no longer exists. Laid out in the 1820s as two long blocks, Front Street was lined by low brick buildings.
While the ground floors contained markets, small shop…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17GS_george-eastman_Rochester-NY.html
Both the Eastman School of Music and its magnificent Eastman Theater are vivid examples of the extraordinary vision of George Eastman. The school, founded in 1921 as the first professional school of the University of Rochester, is one of the world…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1664_erie-canal_Rochester-NY.html
Officially opened on October 26, 1825, the Erie Canal stretched 363 miles from Albany to Buffalo, connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and the Port of New York. It carried thousands of pioneers from the east to Rochester and cut the co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM124F_rochesters-early-banks_Rochester-NY.html
Diagonally across Franklin Street stands a fine example of the work of esteemed Rochester architect J. Foster Warner. This traditional banking house was built in 20th century Byzantine Style in 1928 for the Rochester Savings Bank. It features mosa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11QV_austin-steward-1793-1869_Rochester-NY.html
Austin Steward, a freed slave, settled in Rochesterville in 1817, where he opened a butcher shop. In 1818, he constructed a two-story building on this site for his expanding grocery and dry goods store. Steward was a strong advocate of temperance …