Brown's Race Historic District is a national

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located at Rochester in

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. The district contains 15 contributing buildings, 2 contributing structures, and 14 contributing sites. All of the principal buildings are used for commercial purposes and are sited along or near the curving south rim of the

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gorge at the rim of the High Falls. The district comprises a collection of 19th-century industrial buildings built of brick and stone, and ranging in size from one- to six-stories. Also in the district is the

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and the 19th century iron Pont De Rennes bridge, which is used today as a pedestrian bridge and viewing platform of the High Falls and surrounding gorge. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 1989.

Gallery

File:Buildings on the East side of Mill Street in the Brown's Race Historic District.jpg, Buildings on the East side of Mill Street in the Brown's Race Historic District File:Genesee River as it flows through a race at High Falls.jpg, The Brown's mill race.

References

Historic districts in Rochester, New York Second Empire 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 {{MonroeCountyNY-NRHP-stub