Adolph Lomb House is a historic home located at Pittsford in

Monroe County, New York Monroe County is a county in the Finger Lakes region of the State of New York. The county is along Lake Ontario's southern shore. At the 2020 census, Monroe County's population was 759,443, an increase since the 2010 census. Its county seat an ...

. It is a large -story building with a gable roof oriented to the facade. It was built in 1907 of poured

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faced in brick. It was built as the focal point of a large farm / summer estate for Adolph Lomb, eldest son of

Henry Lomb Henry Lomb ( – ) was a German-American optician who co-founded Bausch & Lomb (with John Jacob Bausch) and led a group of businessmen to found The Mechanics Institute, the forerunner of Rochester Institute of Technology. Biography Lomb was bo ...

(1848–1908), one of the co-founders of the Rochester-based optical company

Bausch and Lomb Bausch + Lomb is an eye health products company based in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the world's largest suppliers of contact lenses, lens care products, pharmaceuticals, intraocular lenses, and other eye surgery products. The compan ...

. ''See also:'' The House was listed on the

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in 1995. Until recently, the building housed the headquarters of the

Pittsford Central School District The Pittsford Central School District is a public school district in New York State that serves approximately 5,980 students in the towns of Pittsford, Perinton, Penfield, Mendon, and Brighton in Monroe County; and Victor in Ontario County ...

. After the renovation of Barker Road Middle School, most administrative offices moved to Barker's east wing. Today, the Lomb house contains offices of Sutherland's administration, as well as a few minor district-wide offices.

Gallery

Adolph Lomb House rear.jpg, Rear view

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Houses completed in 1907 Houses in Monroe County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, New York {{MonroeCountyNY-NRHP-stub