Homes
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School Number 3 is one of Rochester’s oldest schools, first built in 1820, facing Tremont Street, when Rochester was only a village. It was rebuilt in 1840 and again in […]
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This classic Queen Anne House was built in 1890 by Edward Fenner, a lawyer, excise commissioner, and District Attorney General who resided here until 1907. Luther McNeal, a clerk, and […]
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This home is built in the Victorian/Eastlake style and first appears on an 1888 map marked “AE Fox.” Franklin Fox, the owner, was a wheelwright. The property was on land […]
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This example of a 19th century vernacular cottage with Greek Revival features was originally located on Edinburgh Street, in danger of demolition. Purchased by a Corn Hill neighbor, the house […]
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In 1982, Mark IV Construction Company completed the first phase of Corn Hill Commons townhouses. This was the City of Rochester’s first comprehensive housing development in 30 years and the […]
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A Greek Revival house, the Shaw House has survived with much of its original exterior fabric intact. Built in 1837 by wealthy St. Louis fur trader Henry Shaw for his […]
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