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Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester New York
Description
The Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery is a non-profit organization of volunteers founded in 1980 to restore, preserve, and encourage public use and enjoyment of this unique historical treasure. We have a wealth of resources available to help you learn about our community as reflected in the lives of those who chose Mount Hope Cemetery as their final resting place. Susan B. Anthony and her family, Frederick Douglass and family, Issac and Amy Post, John Jacob Bausch and Henry Lomb (of Bausch Lomb eyewear fame), Emily Sibley Watson, Margaret Woodbury Strong, and Reverend Thomas James are all here (to name a few), and they have much to tell us about the growing pains our nation continues to experience: Issues of human rights, commerce, the power of government and the responsibility of the governed.
The Friends have been instrumental in completing a number of improvements throughout the cemetery. Projects such as the restoration of the 1872 Moorish gazebo, upgrades to the 1874 High Victorian Gothic gatehouse, repair and uprighting of stones, monuments and obelisks, and the rebuilding of the cobblestone road (Ravine Avenue) have been completed. Each year new historically important projects are organized.
The Adopt-A-Plot program seeks volunteers willing to reclaim and beautify old family plots. The Gardening Committee maintains common gardens throughout the Cemetery and undertakes larger efforts such as the anti-erosion project near the Anthony Family Plot.
Contact
- Friends Of Mount Hope Cemetary
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- Rochester NY
- US 14626
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- +1.9177046209
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