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Monroe County, New York

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
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236historic places
—earliest paper
1821formed
759,443pop. 2020
101cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 236 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Rochester, Brockport, Fairport.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for New York is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Monroe titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

144 of 236 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

236 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Adams-Ryan HouseAdams BasinBuilding1985
Adsit Cobblestone FarmhouseMendonBuilding1996
Alcoa Care-free HomeRochesterBuilding2010
Andrews Street BridgeRochesterStructure1984
Anthony, Susan B., House NHLRochesterBuilding1966
Aquinas InstituteRochesterBuilding1989
Arvine Heights Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict2015
Azalea-Highland Park Terrace Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict2024
Bevier Memorial BuildingRochesterBuilding1973
Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa Brown, Childhood HomeHenriettaBuilding1989
Brick Presbyterian Church ComplexRochesterBuilding1992
Bridge Square Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict1984
Brockport CemeteryBrockportSite2016
Brockport Central Rural High SchoolBrockportBuilding2011
Brockport West Side Historic DistrictBrockportDistrict2021
Brown's Race Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict1989
Brown, Adam, BlockRochesterBuilding1985
Browncroft Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict2004
Building at 216-222 South AvenueRochesterBuilding2024
Building at 551-555 North Goodman StreetRochesterBuilding1986
Bush, Horace and Grace, HousePenfieldBuilding1994
Campbell-Whittlesey HouseRochesterDistrict1971
Central Trust Bank BuildingRochesterBuilding2012
Chamber of CommerceRochesterBuilding1985
Chase Cobblestone FarmhouseHiltonBuilding1995
Child, Jonathan, House & Brewster-Burke House Historic DistrictRochesterBuilding1971
Chili Mills Conservation AreaWest ChiliDistrict1975
Chili-West Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict2015
Christ ChurchRochesterBuilding2008
Church of Saints Peter and Paul ComplexRochesterBuilding2012
City Hall Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict1974
Clarkson Corners Historic DistrictClarkson CornersDistrict1994
Cohen, H. C., Company Building-Andrews BuildingRochesterBuilding1985
Cole Cobblestone FarmhouseMendonBuilding1996
Colgate-Rochester (Crozer) Divinity SchoolRochesterDistrict2025
Conant, Austin R., HouseFairportBuilding2016
Congregation Ahavas Achim Anshi AustriaRochesterBuilding2015
Court Exchange Building-National Casket CompanyRochesterBuilding1985
Court Street BridgeRochesterStructure1984
Covert, William, Cobblestone FarmhouseGreeceBuilding1995
Cox BuildingRochesterBuilding1984
Cox, Isaac, Cobblestone FarmsteadScottsvilleBuilding2003
Cox-Budlong HouseScottsvilleBuilding2015
Crosman Terrace Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict2022
Curtis-Crumb FarmHiltonBuilding1997
Daisy Flour Mill, Inc.RochesterBuilding1972
Dayton's Corners SchoolPenfieldBuilding2001
DeLand, Henry, HouseFairportBuilding1980
DeLand, Minerva and Daniel, HouseFairportBuilding2020
Dewey, Chester, School No. 14RochesterBuilding1985
East Avenue Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict1979
East High SchoolRochesterBuilding1983
East Main Street Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict2017
East Side Presbyterian ChurchRochesterBuilding2010
Eastman Dental DispensaryRochesterBuilding1983
Eastman, George, House NHLRochesterBuilding1966
Edwards BuildingRochesterBuilding1984
Ellwanger & Barry-Highland Park Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict2024
Ellwanger and Barry BuildingRochesterBuilding2022
Ely, Hervey, HouseRochesterBuilding1971
Emmanuel Presbyterian ChurchRochesterBuilding2001
English Evangelical Church of the Reformation and Parish HouseRochesterBuilding1992
Erie Canal: Second Genesee AqueductRochesterStructure1976
Fairport Public LibraryFairportBuilding2017
Federal BuildingRochesterBuilding1972
Fernwood Park Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict2010
First Baptist ChurchBrockportBuilding2011
First Baptist Church of FairportFairportBuilding2006
First Baptist Church of MumfordMumfordBuilding2010
First Congregational Church of FairportFairportBuilding2018
First National Bank of Rochester-Old Monroe County Savings Bank BuildingRochesterBuilding1985
First Presbyterian ChurchRochesterBuilding1973
First Presbyterian ChurchBrockportBuilding1999
First Presbyterian Church of MumfordMumfordBuilding2002
First Unitarian ChurchRochesterBuilding2014
First Universalist ChurchRochesterBuilding1971
Four Corners-Genesee Crossroads Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict2024
G.W. Todd-Wilmot Castle Company BuildingRochesterBuilding2018
Gannett BuildingRochesterBuilding1985
Garbuttsville CemeteryGarbuttSite2006
Gates-Livermore CobblestoneMendonBuilding1996
Genesee LighthouseRochesterBuilding1974
German United Evangelical Church ComplexRochesterBuilding1992
Grace ChurchScottsvilleBuilding2010
Granite BuildingRochesterBuilding1984
Greece Memorial HallRochesterBuilding1998
Gregory Tract Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict2022
Grove Place Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict1984
Hagaman, David, HouseRochesterBuilding1994
Harrison, Edward, HouseBrockportBuilding2010
Hickey-Freeman Company BuildingRochesterBuilding2022
Hildreth-Lord-Hawley FarmPittsfordBuilding1996
Hinchey, Franklin, HouseGatesBuilding1983
Hipp-Kennedy HousePenfieldBuilding1994
Holy Rosary Church ComplexRochesterBuilding2012
Honeoye Falls Village Historic DistrictHoneoye FallsDistrict1993
Hopkins FarmPittsfordDistrict2000
House at 235-237 Reynolds StreetRochesterBuilding1985
House at 288 Wimbledon RoadIrondequoitBuilding2015
Hulburt, Thomas L., HouseFairportBuilding2016
Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church ComplexRochesterBuilding1992
Immanuel Baptist ChurchRochesterBuilding2002
Inglewood and Thurston Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict2015
J. Hungerford Smith Company FactoryRochesterBuilding2021
Jayne and Mason Bank BuildingWebsterBuilding2006
Jayne, William C., HouseWebsterBuilding2006
Jewish Young Men's and Women's AssociationRochesterBuilding1985
Johnson, James H. and Sarah, HousePenfieldBuilding2022
Kirstein BuildingRochesterBuilding1985
Koda-Vista Historic DistrictGreeceDistrict2019
Lake View CemeteryBrockportSite2009
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company ComplexRochesterBuilding2021
Leander McCord Houses Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict2021
Lehigh Valley Railroad StationRochesterBuilding1985
Leopold Street ShuleRochesterBuilding1974
Linden-South Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict2009
Little TheatreRochesterBuilding1985
Lomb, Adolph, HousePittsfordBuilding1995
Lower MillHoneoye FallsBuilding1973
Madison Square-West Main Street Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict1988
Main Street BridgeRochesterStructure1984
Main Street Historic DistrictBrockportDistrict2004
Mann, Donald, HouseScottsvilleBuilding2013
Maplewood Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict1997
Maplewood Historic District (Boundary Increase)RochesterDistrict2016
Mason, George G., HouseWebsterBuilding2004
McVean, David, HouseScottsvilleBuilding2006
Mendon Cobblestone AcademyMendonBuilding1996
Mendon Presbyterian ChurchMendonBuilding2005
Michaels-Stern BuildingRochesterBuilding1985
Michelsen, George J. Furniture FactoryRochesterBuilding2012
Miller, Romanta T., HouseWheatlandBuilding2014
Miller-Horton-Barben FarmMendonDistrict2015
Morgan-Manning HouseBrockportBuilding1991
Mount Hope CemeteryRochesterSite2018
Mount Hope-Highland Historic District (Boundary Increase)RochesterDistrict2024
Mount. Hope-Highland Historic District (Additional Documentation)RochesterDistrict1974
Mud HousePenfieldBuilding1978
Nathaniel Hawthorne School No. 25RochesterBuilding2026
National Company BuildingRochesterBuilding1984
Naval Armory-Convention HallRochesterBuilding1985
Nazareth HouseRochesterBuilding1984
North Star School District No. 11HamlinBuilding2014
Norton Village Historic DistrictRochesterBuilding2010
O'Kane Market and O'Kane BuildingRochesterBuilding1985
Oak Hill Country ClubPittsfordDistrict2023
Oatka CemeteryWheatlandSite2014
Old Stone WarehouseRochesterBuilding1973
Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic ChurchRochesterBuilding1992
Our Mother of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church ComplexGreeceBuilding1989
Park Avenue Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict2020
Park Avenue and State Street Historic DistrictBrockportDistrict2015
Payne, William A., HouseGreeceBuilding2012
Penfield Road Historic DistrictPenfieldDistrict2005
Phelps, Stephen, HousePenfieldBuilding1995
Phoenix BuildingPittsfordBuilding1974
Pines of Perinton ApartmentsPerintonDistrict2023
Pittsford Village Historic DistrictPittsfordDistrict1984
Pittsford Village Historic District (Boundary Increase)PittsfordDistrict2016
Polvino BuildingRochesterBuilding2019
Potter Historic DistrictFairportDistrict2017
Powers BuildingRochesterBuilding1973
Powers Building and Powers Hotel (Boundary Increase)RochesterBuilding2019
Pulaski LibraryRochesterBuilding2002
Ramona Park Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict2010
Reynolds ArcadeRochesterBuilding1985
Rich, Samuel, HousePenfieldBuilding1987
Richardson's TavernPerintonBuilding1980
Riga AcademyRigaBuilding1980
Rochester City School #24RochesterBuilding1983
Rochester Fire Department Headquarters and ShopsRochesterBuilding1985
Rochester Savings BankRochesterBuilding1972
Rochester Street Historic DistrictScottsvilleDistrict1973
Rundel Memorial LibraryRochesterBuilding1985
Sage, Simeon, HouseScottsvilleBuilding2010
Saint Andrew's Episcopal ChurchRochesterBuilding2006
Saint Bernard's SeminaryRochesterBuilding1996
Saint Mark's and Saint John's Episcopal ChurchRochesterBuilding2004
Seneca Park East and WestRochesterSite2003
Shantz Button FactoryRochesterDistrict2013
Sheldon Cobblestone HouseMendonBuilding1996
ShinglesideRochesterBuilding1984
Shirts, William, HouseScottsvilleBuilding2004
Short, Andrew, HouseHenriettaBuilding2014
Sibley Triangle BuildingRochesterBuilding1985
Sibley's, Lindsay and Curr BuildingRochesterBuilding2014
Sibley, Hiram, HomesteadSibleyvilleBuilding1985
Sibley-Elmdorf Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict2015
Soldiers' Memorial TowerBrockportStructure1994
South Wedge Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict2013
Spencerport Methodist ChurchSpencerportBuilding2008
Sperbeck, Martin & Andrew, HouseFairportBuilding2022
Spring HousePittsfordBuilding1975
St. John's Episcopal ChurchHoneoye FallsBuilding1988
St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church and RectoryRochesterBuilding1975
St. Luke's Episcopal ChurchBrockportBuilding1990
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church and RectoryRochesterBuilding1992
St. Paul-North Water Streets Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict1984
State Street Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict1984
Stewart Cobblestone FarmhouseMendonBuilding1997
Stone-Tolan HouseBrightonBuilding1983
Tall Maples Miniature Golf CourseSea BreezeDistrict2002
Teoronto Block Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict2010
Terminal BuildingRochesterBuilding2017
Third Ward Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict1974
Third Ward Historic District (Boundary Increase)RochesterDistrict2023
Times Square BuildingRochester1982
Tinker Cobblestone FarmsteadHenriettaBuilding1995
Todd UnionRochesterBuilding2023
Totiakton SiteHoneoye FallsSite1978
US Post Office-East RochesterEast RochesterBuilding1988
US Post Office-Honeoye FallsHoneoye FallsBuilding1989
Union Presbyterian ChurchScottsvilleBuilding2004
United Congregational Church of IrondequoitRochesterBuilding2002
University ClubRochesterBuilding1985
Vanderbeck HouseRochesterBuilding1984
Walker-Warren HouseWest HenriettaBuilding2021
Wallace, Timothy, HouseRochesterBuilding1994
Warner, H. H., BuildingRochesterBuilding1985
Washington Street RowhousesRochesterBuilding1985
Watts, Ebenezer, HouseRochesterBuilding1996
Webster Baptist ChurchWebsterBuilding1991
Webster Grange No. 436WebsterBuilding2016
Whalen, Harvey, HousePenfieldBuilding1994
Wheatland Baptist CemeteryBelcodaSite2006
Whitcomb Cobblestone FarmhouseMendonBuilding1996
White, John and Chauncey, HouseWest SwedenDistrict2014
Whiteside, Barnett and Co. Agricultural WorksBrockportBuilding2001
Wilbur HouseFairportBuilding1980
Wilder BuildingRochesterBuilding1985
Wilkinson-Lent HousePerintonBuilding2025
Wimbledon Road Historic DistrictRochesterDistrict2024
Windom HallScottsvilleBuilding1994
Wollensack Optical Company BuildingRochesterBuilding2018
WrayholmRushBuilding2025
Youngs, Thomas, HousePittsfordBuilding1993

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Monroe was formed in 1821 (1821-02-23) from Genesee, Ontario.

MONROE created from GENESEE and ONTARIO.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Monroe County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

759k405k50k18301840188019201930196020002020
183018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
49,85564,902100,648144,903217,854352,034438,230487,632586,387702,238735,343759,443

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

101 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 101 listed
NameLatLon
Atchinson Family Pioneer Cemetery43.27056-77.81161
Brighton Cemetery43.1436-77.55359
Brininstool Cemetery43.04065-77.69407
Britton Road Cemetery43.23713-77.63037
Brown Cemetery43.05003-77.60038
Buckbee Rural Cemetery43.09407-77.79821
Bushman Cemetery43.03122-77.68075
Bushnells Basin Cemetery43.05286-77.4718
Castle Family Pioneer Cemetery43.24394-77.78473
Charlotte Cemetery43.2439-77.6176
Chili Rural Cemetery Number 343.07436-77.76487
Clarkson Union Cemetery43.28471-77.87646
Clifton Cemetery43.0511-77.81083
Colby Street Cemetery43.17897-77.86178
Cox Cemetery42.9891-77.74291
Creekside Cemetery43.10831-77.88344
East Baptist Cemetery43.04624-77.5988
East Rush Cemetery42.99742-77.64513
East Street Cemetery43.05112-77.49777
East Sweden Cemetery43.19469-77.90014
Egypt Cemetery43.06854-77.40678
Elmgrove Cemetery43.17434-77.7329
Elmwood Cemetery43.1154-77.4033
Fairfield Cemetery43.18635-77.80179
Falls Cemetery43.20624-77.68086
Falls Cemetery43.20636-77.68079
Fellows Cemetery43.05085-77.79607
Garbuttsville Cemetery43.01499-77.79111
Garland Cemetery43.22621-77.89954
Greenvale Rural Cemetery43.09894-77.43762
Grove Place Cemetery43.11948-77.71402
Harris Road Cemetery43.20115-77.41101
High Street Cemetery43.2107-77.9338
Holy Angels Cemetery43.0173-77.76259
Holy Ghost Cemetery43.13809-77.73798
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery43.21476-77.62638
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery43.21478-77.62361
Holy Trinity Cemetery43.21831-77.41481
Honeoye Falls Cemetery42.96051-77.58976
Hooker Cemetery43.195-77.5816
Hoosic Hill Pioneer Cemetery43.21688-77.75303
Irondequoit Cemetery43.21677-77.55801
Kings Landing Cemetery43.20233-77.62728
Lakeside Cemetery43.34987-77.97555
Lakeview Cemetery43.19144-77.93946
Locust Grove Cemetery43.19704-77.85013
Locust Hill Cemetery43.19866-77.99668
Maple Grove Cemetery43.13676-77.86329
Maplewood Cemetery43.06422-77.63527
Mendon Cemetery42.99533-77.50304
Miller Cemetery42.99265-77.52672
Mount Hope Cemetery43.12973-77.61901
Mount Olivet Cemetery43.20793-77.91642
Mount Pleasant Cemetery43.09599-77.43779
Mumford Rural Cemetery42.99589-77.87639
North Chili Rural Cemetery43.12168-77.80341
North Rush Cemetery43.0036-77.69885
Oakwood Cemetery43.14016-77.46507
Oatka Cemetery43.0136-77.76777
Parma Corners Cemetery43.21604-77.79392
Parma Union Cemetery43.26004-77.77591
Perinton Center Cemetery43.07936-77.4508
Pine Hill Cemetery43.00231-77.64906
Pioneer Burial Ground43.14745-77.4852
Pioneer Burying Ground43.07692-77.52188
Pittsford Cemetery43.09876-77.50777
Pleasant Hill Cemetery43.17217-77.77494
Presbyterian Cemetery43.09536-77.7784
Quaker Cemetery43.00565-77.76314
Quaker Cemetery42.9891-77.57493
Rapids Cemetery43.1295-77.6392
Riga Cemetery43.07094-77.8833
River View Cemetery43.06532-77.68897
Riverside Cemetery43.21854-77.62422
Rochester Junction Cemetery42.99166-77.60333
Saint Casimir's Polish Catholic Cemetery43.193-77.5974
Saint Johns Cemetery43.19493-77.81099
Saint Josephs Roman Catholic Cemetery43.12933-77.48061
Saint Marys Cemetery43.08528-77.43018
Saint Paul of the Cross Cemetery42.94792-77.60525

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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