Southeast Rochester: 2006

Southeast Rochester provides an overview of the

neighborhoods that exploded with the development of the

Erie Canal from the 1820s to the 1890s. The early South

Avenue District stretched from the original canal and the

Genesee River to the ancient glacial hills once called the

Pinnacle Range. Noteworthy sites include Mount Hope

Cemetery, the nation’s first municipal cemetery and final

resting place for the Frederick Douglass family and the

Susan B. Anthony family; Highland Park, designed by

Frederick Law Olmsted; the University of Rochester; and

Colgate Divinity School.