![]() His grandson, Elbert Henry Scrantom, would become co-founder of Scrantom & Wetmore Booksellers & Stationers (more commonly referred to in my childhood as Scrantom’s). ![]() Hamlet Scrantom was the first Rochesterville settler who built his log cabin where the Powers Building stands today at State & Main-the Four Corners. A collection of Boyde’s designs and tools are on display at the Rochester Museum and Science Center.īuilt in 1904, the landmark French Renaissance-style Hotel at the Lafayette was designed by Louise Blanchard Bethune, the first American female architect. He is also one of the first African-Americans in the nation to open his own architectural firm. became the city’s first black architect and is most recognized for his work on the Strathallan Hotel, Rundel Public Library, and Monroe Community Hospital. The Seneca and earlier indigenous peoples had learned to use the petroleum-tainted water of the spring at this site for medicinal purposes. Today, The spring is located near the spillway end of Cuba Lake on the Oil Spring Indian Reservation. Dana Luther.įirst European discovery of petroleum in the United States was in Seneca Oil Spring in 1627. ![]() The oldest fossil tree known in the world was discovered in 1882 in Grimes Glen by D. The Haudenosaunee Constitution is the oldest surviving government structure in the Western Hemisphere. Frederick Douglass, having followed the star himself, gave his anti-slavery news publication the same name. The North Star symbolizes the light that guided freedom-seeking African people. In addition to the relocated statue, a sculpture symbolizing the North Star and other constellations was included in the memorial. In 2019, it was given a place of honor and greater visibility, still in Highland Park, at Frederick Douglass Memorial Plaza. It was relocated to the Highland Park Bowl in 1941, a few hundred yards from where Douglass’s home once stood on South Avenue. It was first erected in front of the New York Central Train Station at the corner of St. In 1899, Rochesterians created the first statue in the US to memorialize an American citizen of African descent. Its basement was the original home of The North Star. Anthony a platform for her last public address, to having the distinction of being the home church of Frederick Douglass. From providing a shelter for escaped slaves being led to freedom by Harriet Tubman, to giving Susan B. Established in 1827, it played a pivotal role in Rochester’s history. AEM Zion is also the oldest African-American church in the city of Rochester and Monroe County. Simon Cyrene Episcopal Church, or Two Saints Church.įounded at Memorial AME Zion Church on Clarissa Street, Troop 169 is the first African American Boy Scout Troop in Rochester. Simon Cyrene, the city’s traditionally African American Episcopalian congregation, merged forming St. Luke’s, the oldest Episcopal congregation in the city and St. Built in 1823, it was Nathaniel Rochester’s home church for many years. Luke’s Church, 17 South Fitzhugh Street, is the oldest public building in Rochester. ![]() 1824 – The Church that Rochester built: St. Richardson’s Tavern in Bushnell’s Basin is the oldest original Erie Canal Inn. was built using the red sandstone blocks from the ruins of the first aqueduct. The aqueduct that runs under Broad Street today is the second iteration. It was 804 feet long with nine Roman arches. When construed, the Erie Canal aqueduct was the longest stone arch bridge structure in America. Nearly 80% of upstate New York’s population lives within 25 miles of the Erie Canal. īefore moving to the land that would become our fair city, Nathaniel Rochester built the first paper mill in Western New York on Mill Creek in Dansville in 1810. The Ebenezer Watts House on Fitzhugh is the oldest surviving residence in downtown Rochester. ![]() It was renamed Rochester in 1823-the same year the Erie Canal aqueduct was completed. In 1817, the Brown brothers and other landowners joined their lands with the Hundred Acre Tract to form the village of Rochesterville. purchased a 100-acre tract along the Genesee River. The Erie Canal made Rochester America’s first boomtown, earning her two nicknames: Young Lion of the West and The Flour City. ![]()
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