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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM166I_grove-place_Rochester-NY.html
Beginning in the twentieth century, this historic neighborhood, now known as Grove Place, was home to some of the leading families of Rochester, including George Selden, an eminent Rochester patent attorney and inventor of the automobile gasoline …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM166H_battle-of-the-bulge_Rochester-NY.html
World War IIThis memorial is dedicated to the soldiers who fought in the bloodiest battle waged by the American army in World War II.
The Ardennes Campaign was fought in Belgium and Luxembourg December 16, 1944 - January 25, 1945 Forcing the Ge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM166E_old-trolley-route_Rochester-NY.html
Old Trolley Route1891-1925Rochester-Grand View Beach and later Rochester-Manitou Railroad linked resorts of a gay era at the lakeside.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM166C_liberty-tree-memorial_Rochester-NY.html
This American Liberty Elm was named after "The Liberty Tree: Our Community's first Symbol of Freedom." On the morning of August 14, 1765, the people of Boston awakened to discover two effigies suspended from an elm tree in protest of the hated Sta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM166B_d-matthew-brown-jr_Rochester-NY.html
Neighborhood United Association proudly dedicates this plaque in honor of D. Matthew Brown, Jr., one of Rochester's founders and a visionary for whom Brown Street was named.In 1816, Dr. Brown settled in Rochester where he and his brother organized…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1669_on-this-site-stood-the-standard-brewing-companys-main-brewery-building_Rochester-NY.html
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 duri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1668_the-genesee-brew-house-building_Rochester-NY.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1667_genesee-river-gorge-geology_Rochester-NY.html
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. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1666_genesee-river-gorge-industrial-urban-development_Rochester-NY.html
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 …
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…