Mount Hope-Highland Historic District

Mt. Hope-Highland Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location:	Bounded roughly by the Clarissa St. Bridge, Genesee River, Grove and Mt. Hope Aves., plus, Rochester, New York
Coordinates:	43°8′9″N 77°36′40″W / 43.13583°N 77.61111°W / 43.13583; -77.61111Coordinates: 43°8′9″N 77°36′40″W / 43.13583°N 77.61111°W / 43.13583; -77.61111
Area:	230 acres (93 ha)
Architect:	Davis, A.J.; Et al.
Architectural style:	Gothic Revival
Governing body:	Local
NRHP Reference#:	74001261[1]
Added to NRHP:	January 21, 1974

Mt. Hope-Highland Historic District is a national historic district located at Rochester in Monroe County, New York. The district was the exclusive domain of the ellwanger and Barry Botanic Gardens and Mt. Hope Cemetery throughout the mid- and mate-19th century. It retains its elegant and spacious character of park land. The district is punctuated with notable architect-designed buildings combined with more tightly knit early 20th century subdivision along the district's fringes. Among the notable buildings are the Warner Castle (1854), a 22 room mansion that is home to the Rochester Garden Center. The Mt. Hope Cemetery includes a little Gothic chapel designed by Andrew Jackson Warner.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ Cornelia E. Brooke (September 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mt. Hope-Highland Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=4097. Retrieved 2009-09-01.  See also: "Accompanying eight photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=4095.