Immaculate Conception Catholic Church is a historic

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church located in

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. The larger complex consists of five buildings: the church (1864), former rectory (1871), the former

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(1926), the current rectory (ca. 1900), and garage (ca. 1926). ''See also:'' The church is known as an African-American Catholic parish and the complex was listed on the

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in 2002. ImmaculateConceptionChurchComplex.JPG, Complex ImmaculateConceptionChurchSouthSide.JPG, South side ImmaculateConceptionOldRectoryRochesterNewYorkFrontView.JPG, Old rectory, front view ImmaculateConceptionOldRectoryRochesterNewYorkSideView.JPG, Old rectory, side view ImmaculateConceptionParochialSchoolRochesterNewYorkEastView.JPG, Parochial school, east view ImmaculateConceptionParochialSchoolRochesterNewYorkSouthView.JPG, Parochial school, south view

Notable past students

* Mary E. Clarke, director of the

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* Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester Second Empire architecture in New York (state) Italianate architecture in New York (state) Roman Catholic churches in Rochester, New York National Register of Historic Places in Rochester, New York Italianate church buildings in the United States African-American Roman Catholic churches {{AfricanAmerican-stub