City Hall Historic District is a national
historic district
A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
located at
Rochester
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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 ...
. The district consists of four buildings arranged in a 19th-century civic complex. The buildings are the Rochester City Hall (1874–1875), Monroe County Courthouse (1894–1896),
Rochester Free Academy
The Rochester Free Academy is a former secondary school and historic building (1872–1873) in Rochester, New York. It is part of the City Hall Historic District.
History
The Free Academy was founded by the Board of Education in 1853 and opened ...
(1872–1873), and St. Luke's Episcopal Church (1824).
Andrew Jackson Warner Andrew Jackson Warner (March 17, 1833 – September 4, 1910), also known as A. J. Warner, was a prominent architect in Rochester, New York.
Early life
Warner was born in New Haven, Connecticut on March 17, 1833, a son of Amos Warner Jr. and Ada ...
designed the City Hall and Free Academy buildings. His son,
J. Foster Warner, designed the Monroe County Courthouse.
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The
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
listed it in 1974.
See also
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References
Historic districts in Rochester, New York
Gothic Revival architecture in New York (state)
Renaissance Revival architecture in New York (state)
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
National Register of Historic Places in Rochester, New York
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