Monroe County, New York
Adams-Ryan House
Adsit Cobblestone Farmhouse
Alcoa Care-free Home
Andrews Street Bridge
Anthony, Susan B., House
Aquinas Institute
Arvine Heights Historic District
Bevier Memorial Building
Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa Brown, Childhood Home
Brick Presbyterian Church Complex
Bridge Square Historic District
Brockport Cemetery
Brockport Central Rural High School
Brockport West Side Historic District
Brown's Race Historic District
Brown, Adam, Block
Browncroft Historic District
Building at 551-555 North Goodman Street
Bush, Horace and Grace, House
Campbell-Whittlesey House
Central Trust Bank Building
Chamber of Commerce
Chase Cobblestone Farmhouse
Child, Jonathan, House & Brewster-Burke House Historic District
Chili Mills Conservation Area
Chili-West Historic District
Christ Church
Church of Saints Peter and Paul Complex
City Hall Historic District
Clarkson Corners Historic District
Cohen, H. C., Company Building-Andrews Building
Cole Cobblestone Farmhouse
Conant, Austin R., House
Congregation Ahavas Achim Anshi Austria
Court Exchange Building-National Casket Company
Court Street Bridge
Covert, William, Cobblestone Farmhouse
Cox Building
Cox, Isaac, Cobblestone Farmstead
Cox-Budlong House
Curtis-Crumb Farm
Daisy Flour Mill, Inc.
Dayton's Corners School
DeLand, Henry, House
DeLand, Minerva and Daniel, House
Dewey, Chester, School No. 14
East Avenue Historic District
East High School
East Main Street Historic District
East Side Presbyterian Church
Eastman Dental Dispensary
Eastman, George, House
Edwards Building
Ely, Hervey, House
Emmanuel Presbyterian Church
English Evangelical Church of the Reformation and Parish House
Erie Canal: Second Genesee Aqueduct
Fairport Public Library
Federal Building
Fernwood Park Historic District
First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church of Fairport
First Baptist Church of Mumford
First Congregational Church of Fairport
First National Bank of Rochester-Old Monroe County Savings Bank Building
First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church of Mumford
First Unitarian Church
First Universalist Church
G.W. Todd-Wilmot Castle Company Building
Gannett Building
Garbuttsville Cemetery
Gates-Livermore Cobblestone
Genesee Lighthouse
German United Evangelical Church Complex
Grace Church
Granite Building
Greece Memorial Hall
Grove Place Historic District
Hagaman, David, House
Harrison, Edward, House
Hildreth-Lord-Hawley Farm
Hinchey, Franklin, House
Hipp-Kennedy House
Holy Rosary Church Complex
Honeoye Falls Village Historic District
Hopkins Farm
House at 235-237 Reynolds Street
House at 288 Wimbledon Road
Hulburt, Thomas L., House
Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church Complex
Immanuel Baptist Church
Inglewood and Thurston Historic District
Jayne and Mason Bank Building
Jayne, William C., House
Jewish Young Men's and Women's Association
Kirstein Building
Koda-Vista Historic District
Lake View Cemetery
Lehigh Valley Railroad Station
Leopold Street Shule
Linden-South Historic District
Little Theatre
Lomb, Adolph, House
Lower Mill
Madison Square-West Main Street Historic District
Main Street Bridge
Main Street Historic District
Mann, Donald, House
Maplewood Historic District
Maplewood Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Mason, George G., House
McVean, David, House
Mendon Cobblestone Academy
Mendon Presbyterian Church
Michaels-Stern Building
Michelsen, George J. Furniture Factory
Miller, Romanta T., House
Miller-Horton-Barben Farm
Morgan-Manning House
Mount Hope Cemetery
Mt. Hope-Highland Historic District
Mud House
National Company Building
Naval Armory-Convention Hall
Nazareth House
North Star School District No. 11
Norton Village Historic District
O'Kane Market and O'Kane Building
Oatka Cemetery
Old Stone Warehouse
Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church
Our Mother of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church Complex
Park Avenue and State Street Historic District
Park Avenue Historic District
Payne, William A., House
Penfield Road Historic District
Phelps, Stephen, House
Phoenix Building
Pittsford Village Historic District
Polvino Building
Potter Historic District
Powers Building
Pulaski Library
Ramona Park Historic District
Reynolds Arcade
Rich, Samuel, House
Richardson's Tavern
Riga Academy
Rochester City School #24
Rochester Fire Department Headquarters and Shops
Rochester Savings Bank
Rochester Street Historic District
Rundel Memorial Library
Sage, Simeon, House
Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church
Saint Bernard's Seminary
Saint Mark's and Saint John's Episcopal Church
Seneca Park East and West
Shantz Button Factory
Sheldon Cobblestone House
Shingleside
Shirts, William, House
Short, Andrew, House
Sibley Triangle Building
Sibley's, Lindsay and Curr Building
Sibley, Hiram, Homestead
Sibley-Elmdorf Historic District
Soldiers' Memorial Tower
South Wedge Historic District
Spencerport Methodist Church
Spring House
St. John's Episcopal Church
St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church and Rectory
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church and Rectory
St. Paul-North Water Streets Historic District
State Street Historic District
Stewart Cobblestone Farmhouse
Stone-Tolan House
Tall Maples Miniature Golf Course
Teoronto Block Historic District
Terminal Building
Third Ward Historic District
Times Square Building
Tinker Cobblestone Farmstead
Union Presbyterian Church
United Congregational Church of Irondequoit
University Club
US Post Office-East Rochester
US Post Office-Honeoye Falls
Vanderbeck House
Walker-Warren House
Wallace, Timothy, House
Warner, H. H., Building
Washington Street Rowhouses
Watts, Ebenezer, House
Webster Baptist Church
Webster Grange No. 436
Whalen, Harvey, House
Wheatland Baptist Cemetery
Whitcomb Cobblestone Farmhouse
White, John and Chauncey, House
Whiteside, Barnett and Co. Agricultural Works
Wilbur House
Wilder Building
Windom Hall
Wollensack Optical Company Building
Youngs, Thomas, House
1822 Lighthouse
1835 House
1855 - 1944
A New Park
Abner Wight Home
ACE Roller Coaster Landmark
Ambrose Hall
American Can Company
American Revolution War/War of 1812
American Revolutionary War Memorial
Amos B. Buckland
An Early Doctor
Anthony House
Auburn Line Park
Austin Steward 1793-1869
B.T. Roberts
Baird Road
Baker Field
Baptist Colony
Battle of the Bulge
Bausch & Lomb Riverside Park
Bay Road Elementary School
Bird Migration Research
Birthplace of John T. Trowbridge
Boat Building
Born in Log House
Braddock Bay Hawk Watch
Bresson House
Brick Presbyterian Church
Brighton Village
British Army Encampment
Broad Street
Brockport and the Canal
Brockport Central
Brockport Central Rural High School
Building a Park
Building the Great Embankment
Burial Site
Burying Ground
Bushnell's Basin
Camp Fitz-John Porter
Camp Hillhouse
Camp Site 1687
Canal Commerce in Brockport
Canal Street
Cartersville
Casconchiagon
Center Cemetery
Champion of the Genesee River / A Beacon of Knowledge
Changes Over Time
Changing Alignments
Charlotte Cemetery
Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse
Chili Cobblestone School Museum
Chili Landmark
City of Rochester
Civil War Memorial in Mount Hope Cemetery
Clara Barton Red Cross Trail
Clarkson
Clarkson Academy
Clarkson Community Church
Cobblestone Academy
Cobblestone Blacksmith Shop
Cobbs Hill Park / Cobbs Hill
Concrest
Congregation B'Nai Israel
Converge on Montreal
County of Monroe
Cox Ferry
Crossing the River by Ferry
Crossroads of Transportation
Curtis Point
D. Marsh Field
D. Matthew Brown, Jr.
Daniel Penfield
De Land Chemical Co.
Deaf Education
Dedicated by the Citizens
District #1
District No. 6
Douglass Home
Douglass Home
Douglass House
Early Church
Early Church - 1845
Early Education
Early House
Early Mills and Races
Early Stage Stop
Eddie James "Son" House Jr.
Edmund Lyon Park
Elmwood Cemetery
Ely House - 1837
ER Veteran's Memorial
Erected 1834
Erie Canal
Erie Canal
Erie Canal
Erie Canal Inn
Eyer Block
F.M. Jones House
Fairport Village Hall
Feeder Gates
First High School
First House
First Library
First RIT Campus
First School West of the Genesee
First Settlement in the Town of Parma
First United Church of Mumford
First Village Schools
Ford Street Bridge
Former School
Fort Des Sables
Fort Site
Founded 1843
Francis E. Willard
Franklin Hinchey House
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass 1815-1895
Frederick Douglass Home Site
From Hunting Ground to City
Front Street
Fryatt House
Fullam's Basin
Gates
Genesee River Gorge: 20,000 Years in the Making
Genesee River Gorge: Centuries of Conflict in Pleasant Valley
Genesee River Gorge: Geology
Genesee River Gorge: Industrial & Urban Development
Genesee Valley
Genesee Valley Greenway
Genesee Valley Greenway
George Eastman
George Eastman House
Glover Perrin
Granite Building
Grant Homestead
Greenleaf Home
Grove Place
Hallock House
Hamlet of Egypt
Hamlet of Egypt
Hamlin No. 14
Hannan Homestead
Harris Beach 9/11 Memorial
Harris Seed Farm
Hartwell Carver, M.D.
Hart's Woods
Have honor for Nathaniel Rochester
Hayden House
Henpeck
Henry Martin House - 1829
Henry R. Selden
Here Stands one of the Oldest Pieces of Earth
Hervey Ely House
Hickory Hill
Highland Park
Highland Park
Historic Church
Historic Landmark
Historic Parma Farmlands
Historic Schoen Place
Historic Site in Journalism
Hojack Railroad
Holt Homestead
Home of Simeon B. Jewett
Honeoye Valley
Hopkins Homestead
Hosea Rogers
Hotel Creek
Houston Tavern
Immanuel Lutheran Church
In Commemoration of the Sacrifice
In Honor of All Pittsford Veterans
In Honor of the Crew of USS Liberty
In Memoriam
In Memory of All Who Served
Indian Hill
Indian Landing
Indian Town
Irondequoit and its Waterfront
Irondequoit Bay
Irondequoit Bay
Irondequoit War Memorial
Is this the Erie Canal?
Isaac Scott
Jayne & Mason Bank
Jefferson Avenue
Jonathan Child
Joseph Morgan
Kelsey's Landing
King's Landing
King's Landing 1796
Koda-Vista Historic District
Latta House
Lewis Swift
Liberty Tree Memorial
Lighthouses
Lincoln House
Lincoln Mills
Little White Meetinghouse
Long Pond Site
Main Street Bridge
Main Street Brockport Enterprises in the Early 1900s
Main Street District
Manufacturing in Charlotte
Margaret Woodbury Strong
Mary Jane Holmes
McArthur Cabin
McCormick Reapers
Mendon Academy
Mendon Town Hall
Merchant Ship to Warship
Mill Site
Milo L. Starks
Monroe County
Morgan-Manning House
Morning of February 18, 1861
Morrie E. Silver
Mt. Read & Paddy Hill
Municipal Water System
National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
New York State Canals
Nick Verzella
Ninth of November, 1886
Northampton
Nursery Office
Oak Hill Country Club & The University of Rochester
Old Erie Canal
Old Ridge Road
Old Trolley Route
Olmsted and Genesee Valley Park
On This Site - Over the Years
On This Site - Over the Years
On this site stood the Standard Brewing Company's main Brewery Building.
Ontario Drill Works
Original Site of Frederick Douglass Monument
Our Irondequoit
Paddy Hill School
Park Ave. / State St. Historic District
Penfield - 1810
Penfield Station
Perinton
Perinton Hotel
Philip Boss
Phoenix Hotel
Pioneer Home
Pioneer School
Pittsford Village
Pont de Rennes Pedestrian Bridge
Port of the Genesee, New York
Port on Lake Ontario
Portage Trail
Post House
Power House
Powers and Wilder Buildings
Railroads
Resort Area
Rev War Veteran
Rialto Theater
Richardson Farm
Richardson Tavern
Riga
Riga Academy
Rochester
Rochester State Hospital
Rochester Water Works
Rochester Women's Rights Convention
Rochester: Center of Freedom
Rochester's Early Banks
Roll Coating Wheel
Route of Original Erie Canal
Ruland Homestead
Rush Civil War Monument
Rush World War I Memorial
Samuel Torres
Samuel Torres
Schiller Park
School District No. 9
Scottish Pioneers built here in 1806
Second Erie Canal Aqueduct
Seminary - 1845
Seneca People
Seneca Trail
Seward Seminary
Site of Early School
Site of First Quaker Meeting House
Site of Home of Alexander Milliner
Site of Mill
Site of Rochester City Hospital
Site of the First Sweden Town Meeting
Site of Tunnel
Sodoma Farms
Soldiers' Memorial Tower
Son House
Spice Mill
Spring House - 1822
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
St. Mary's Hospital
Stutson Street Bridge
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony House
Susan B. Anthony Voted Here
Swayne's Corners
Tavern of Silvius Hoard
The 100 Acre Tract
The 20th Century Comes to South Main Street
The Buckland / Horst House
The Canalway Trail
The CCC Goes to Work
The Children's Pavilion
The Dean House 1840
The DeLand Family Develops Fairport's Four Corners
The East Henrietta Village
The Empire State Trail
The Empire State Trail
The Falls
The First House
The Founding of the River Campus
The Genesee
The Genesee Brew House Building
The Genesee Expressway
The Genesee River
The Great American Canal
The Great American Canal
The Headmaster's House and the Monroe Academy
The Hojack Railroad Swing Bridge
The Jack Rabbit
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Bridge
The Leopold Lion
The Piano Works
The Potter Property
The Reynolds Arcade
The Seabreeze Time Line
The Story of the Powder Mills
The Underground Railroad
The Village of Charlotte
The West Garden
The West Henrietta Village
The West Shelter
This Memorial
This Memorial Site
To Commemorate the Memory of Ira J. Jacobson
To the Memory of
Totiakton
Town of Gates
Town of Perinton
Transformation of a Neighborhood
Transportation and Commerce
Trophy Cannon
Trophy Cannon presented to Monroe County by Hon. O.F. Williams.
Tuscaroras
Underground Railroad
Upriver Landings on the Genesee
Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial Park
War of 1812
Water Tower
Webster Baptist Church
Webster Grange
Welcome to Genesee Valley Park
Welcome to the High Falls
Wells Homestead
West Henrietta Farm
Widewaters Field
Willie Walker Lightfoot
World War II
World War II
Worthing Homestead
WWII Tragedy
"Old" South Main Street Yields to Urban Renewal
"Pay As You Leave"
In the late 18th century, European settlers began to arrive in the area, attracted by the fertile soil and the potential for trade along the river. In 1808, Monroe County was officially established and named after President James Monroe. The early years were marked by agricultural development, with farms and mills being established across the county.
The construction of the Erie Canal in the early 19th century had a significant impact on Monroe County. The canal connected the Great Lakes with the Hudson River, making Rochester, the county seat, a bustling center of commerce and industry. Businesses flourished as the city became a major transportation hub, attracting entrepreneurs and immigrants from all over the world.
Throughout the 20th century, Monroe County continued to develop and diversify. Rochester became known as the "Flower City," with flourishing horticulture and seed industries. The county also played a vital role in the manufacturing sector, particularly in the production of cameras, optical equipment, and other technological advancements.
Today, Monroe County remains a vibrant and thriving region, with a strong economy and a rich cultural heritage. The county is home to numerous educational institutions, including the University of Rochester and the Rochester Institute of Technology, solidifying its reputation as a center for innovation and knowledge. While industry has evolved and changed over the years, the county continues to adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing world.
Brief timeline of the history of Monroe County, New York:
- 1683 - Monroe County is part of Albany County, which was formed by the English colonial government.
- 1796 - The Treaty of Big Tree is signed, transferring land in Monroe County from the Seneca Nation to the United States.
- 1812 - Haussauer's Mills, now known as Rochester, is settled by European-American settlers on the Genesee River.
- 1821 - Monroe County is officially created as a county from parts of Genesee County and Ontario County.
- 1823 - Rochester becomes the county seat of Monroe County.
- 1834 - Nathaniel Rochester, one of Rochester's founders, dies. The city is named after him.
- 1842 - The Erie Canal is enlarged and deepened, boosting Rochester's economy and population.
- 1853 - Rochester becomes an incorporated city.
- 1905 - The City of Rochester annexes several surrounding towns and villages, expanding its borders.
- 1950s - Kodak and Xerox, both headquartered in Rochester, have their heyday and contribute to the local economy.
- 2017 - Unity Health System and Rochester General Health System merge to form Rochester Regional Health, a major healthcare provider in the area.
This timeline provides a glimpse into the major events and milestones that have shaped the history of Monroe County, New York.