Tour Highlights
                                  



Abolitionist and author of 22 Years a Slave, 40 Years a Freeman, Austin Steward owned a vast tract of real estate on Main Street, where his memorial site is located.


 Journalist Frederick Douglass published his newspaper The North Star in Rochester. The editorial office is located downtown.




Women's Rights movement leader Susan B Anthony and Frederick Douglass worked together for many years in their struggle for equality. They are depicted in the sculpture Let's Have a Tea, by Susan B Anthony's home. 



George Eastman and Thomas Edison patented the film negative. Both the Eastman Estate and The Museum of Film and Photography were set up to honor their accomplishments.





Hester Jeffrey was active in the women's rights movement and delivered the eulogy at Susan B Anthony's funeral.




Powers Hotel on the corner of Main and State Street is an example of Second Empire era French architecture.




Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart both have roots in Rochester. Humphrey's mother, Maud H. Bogart (her home pictured above), lived and worked as a book illustrator in Rochester. Swedish-born Bergman spent two years in Rochester with her husband Dr. Lindstrom while filming Casablanca.








Kurt Vonnegut based Billy Pilgrim from Slaughterhouse 5 on the life of Ed Crone from Rochester. Vonnegut and Crone served together in Dresden, Germany during the final year of WWII. Crone is buried at the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Rochester.



The Erie Canal crosses over the Genesee River at Broad Street - pictured here in 1904.






Hariett Tubman - Union Army spy    Cab Calloway - Minnie The Moocher    Austin Steward - Canadian Free    Ingrid Bergman spent 1939-41 in Rochester.
                                                     performer and Cinncinatti Kid actor    Colonies founder                   Bogart's mother lived, worked and married
                                                                                                                       Doctor Bogart in Rochester.