| Introduction | ||||
| Brighton | Chili | Clarkson | E. Rochester | Gates |
| Greece | Hamlin | Henrietta | Irondequoit | Mendon |
| Ogden | Parma | Penfield | Perinton | Pittsford |
| Riga | Rush | Sweden | Webster | Wheatland |
| City of Rochester | ||||
| Denonville Trail French forces returned to Irondequoit Bay along this route July 25, 1687, ending a 14 - day campaign to break the power of the Senecas. |
Not found in 2001 |
| Clover Street, south of Monroe Avenue. | |
| Seminary - 1845 Built for Celestia Bloss Author, teacher-principal of Clover Street Seminary. It reopened in 1868 as St. Mark's School for Boys. |
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| 1550 Clover Street | |
| Warrant Homestead Settled in 1819 by Thomas Warrant, coppersmith and abolitionist. This home used as station on the underground Railroad. |
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| 1956 West Henrietta Road | ||
| City of Tryon First white settlement west of Cananadaigua founded 1797, abandoned 1818. John Lusk was the first settler 1789. |
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| 200 N. Landing Rd. | |
| Irondequoit Site of a Large Algonkin town. The Senecas lingered here until 1845. |
Not found in 1965 nor 2001 |
| 1800 Blossom Rd. | |
| The Meadows north of this stone form the site of The Indian Landing. Famous in the early history of this country. It was the beginning of the Ohio Trail from Canada to the Mississippi Valley. From this point the portage ran west to the mouth of Red Creek in Genesee Valley Park. Skirting the southern base of the Pinnacle and Mt. Hope. Rochester Centennial 1912. |
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| Blossom and Landing Road, on boulder. | |
| Joseph Morgan Revolutionary War Captain First settler in Chili in 1792. Supplied seed grain to whole region and set out one of first orchards. |
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| Scottsville Road, one mile south of Morgan Road. | |
| B. T. Roberts Founded Chili Seminary in 1866. His life of service is honored in the name of Roberts Wesleyan College Chartered in 1949. |
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| 4291 Buffalo Road | |
| Harmon Mill - 1834 Flour ground here by Anan Harmon took 1st prize at first international exhibition London, 1851. |
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| Village Square, Clifton | |
| Chili Cobblestone School Museum The Chili District No. 4 school was built in 1848 and operated as such until 1952. On September 19, 1965, it was dedicated as a museum. Established by legislation passed February 22, 1822 the Township of Chili is believed to have been named after the South American Republic of Chile. It was formerly part of the Town of Riga and earlier known as East Pulteney. Old deeds called it "Black Creek Township." |
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| Scottsville Rd., north of Morgan Rd. | |
| Early Stage Stop Here in 1867, the old tavern, stage stop and post office on historic Buffalo Road became the location of Chili Seminary, a school founded in 1866 by Benjamin Titus Roberts as the first educational institu tion for the Free Methodist Church of North America. Later named Chesbrough Seminary (1885) and Roberts Junior College (1945). The school was chartered as Roberts Wesleyan College in 1949. |
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| Northeast corner of Buffalo Rd. and Union St., North Chili |
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| Lewis Swift Widely known astronomer, discoverer of 12 comets, and over 1200 nebulae, was born here in 1820. |
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| 8265 Ridge Road West | |
| Henry R. Selden 1805 - 1885 Lieut. Gov. and Judge lived here. George B. Selden, inventor of "Selden Patent" for automobiles, was born here. |
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| 8402 Ridge Road | |
| Houston Tavern A popular stopping place in stage coach days. Built soon after 1825 for Isaac Houston who was the sole proprietor for many years. |
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| 7089 Ridge Road West | ||
| Philip Boss Artist and cabinet maker lived here from 1820 to 1830, moving to Rochester. Then, he achieved great popularity as a painter of portraits. |
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| 8412 Ridge Road | |
| Home of Simeon B. Jewett 1801 - 1869 Political Leader, Jurist, Partner of Henry R. Selden, U.S. Marshal, Northern N.Y. under President Buchanan. |
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| 3779 Lake Road | |
| School District No. 9 formed 1822 in towns Perinton & Pittsford. First school built 1835 later brick and stone school was used 1856 - 1898. |
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| Southwest corner of N. Washington and Monroe Streets | |
| Harris Seed Farm 1879 Founded by Joseph Harris Editor and Owner of the "Genesee Farmer" 1856 - 1865. |
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| 3670 Buffalo Road | |
| Town of Gates Named in 1813. Last remnant of old Town of Northampton |
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| 1605 Buffalo Road, in front of the Gates Town Hall |
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| Long Pond Site An Iroquois group camped here around 1400 A.D. Ash beds excavated in 1912 yielded artifacts of bone, stone and pottery. |
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| 28 Kuhn Road | |
| Old Ridge Road Molded by the great glacier and long an Indian trail. Traveled by pioneers' oxcarts, covered wagons, stagecoaches. Town of Greece founded 1822. |
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Temporarily stored at Greece Hist. Soc. until reconstruction of Ridge Road is completed |
| 2505 Ridge Road West | ||
| Old Trolley Route 1891 - 1925 Rochester - Grand View Beach and later Rochester - Manitou Railroad linked resorts of a gay era at the lakeside. |
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| 2000 Edgemere Drive | |
| Mt. Read & Paddy Hill The first rural Roman Catholic Church in New York State. Known as "The Church in the Woods." Dedicated to St. Ambrose, was established here in 1829 at Read's Corners, where Nicholas Read was an 1823 pioneer. Mt. Read bares his name. Devout Irish settlers led by Felix McGuire constructed the first church, a wooden structure. A new brick building was dedicated in 1860. (Present church erected in 1966.) The 1860 structure became a library in 1969.
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| Southeast corner of Mt. Read Blvd. and Latta Road | |
| "Henpeck" The port of South Greece with the "8 mile grocery" and post office, school no. 12, apple dryhouse, 25 houses, and 2 doctors' offices was a busy Erie Canal stop in the 1800's. |
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| Ridgeway Avenue near the junction with North Greece Road | |
| Hamlin No. 14 The last common school district in the county to operate a one-room school. Annexed to Hilton Central School District, Sept. 1956. |
Not found in 2001 |
| Lake Road at Hamlin Road | |
| Town of Hamlin 1853 Renamed Hamlin in 1861 for Vice President Hannibal Hamlin. |
Not found in 2001 |
| Lake Road, south of Rt. 18 | |