SOUTHWEDGE HISTORY AND MAPS

Comment by Robert Lauterbach on May 21, 2008 at 9:34pm

While I would take Bill Lauterbach to the doctors for his check-ups, he would tell me about life in the 1920s when our neighborhood was sprouting. I have to find my notes, but basically, the Ellwanger reality company would call up Lauterbach's and say that a house on xxx Rockingham St was about to be built, and we need ZZZ lbs of 2p nails dropped off, then a few weeks later, drop off the glass for the windows, and the heat runs....and then a few weeks later, put up the gutters. That kept Lauterbach's going through the tough times in the early 30s. The books to look at as to where people lived are the street directories....people by address and remember the house numbers were changed in 1900. before 1900, the numbers were much lower. Thanks again.

Comment by Joe Varga on June 22, 2008 at 12:17am

Greetings,
I have the interest, just not the content. History has always interested me and while I have a bit of knowledge about the area, I do not have any of the actual history of my own.
Joe

Comment by Tom Kicior on July 8, 2008 at 4:08pm

Pretty cool. Its strange that I'm not finding my street on these maps (Blakeney Pl) even though my house was built in 1850. I have heard that the houses on my Street were all houses for farm hands so maybe there wasn't an official city street there at that time.

Comment by Michael E Tomb on August 29, 2010 at 5:31pm

Sorry about the cancelled meeting on the 30th, I was on vacation...perhaps some other time. In the meantime, if you have a chance, check out the new coffee shop in Highland Hospital. A few years ago as part of a map centric exhibit centered on the history of the Highland Park Neighborhood (some of which is on display in the North Mt Hope Gatehouse- Check that out if you like City Maps about the area!), I did a digital restoration of a somewhat famous 1880 panoramic map of Rochester (the original is in the collection of the Library of Congress) My interest in the map is that much of what would become the Highland Park Neighborhood and Highland Park is represented by a beautiful graphic depiction of the Nursery lands then bounding Rochester to the South. In fact, my house is shown at the end of Nelson (soon to be Meigs) street across from the then Ellwanger & Barry School (now the park & playground recently renamed Ellwanger and Barry Park) My restored version , printed on archival canvas at 36"x46", is on display in the coffee shop along with many other graphics I created originally for the HPNA exhibits entitled "The Arboretum that Became a Neighborhood" and "Blossoms, Business and the City of Flowers" . In my opinion, this map is best appreciated when seen at original scale...as names of streets, the Erie Canal, Long ago structures and the River Gorge right up to the Lake...are shown in amazing detail. The second attachment illustrates the restoration with After and Before looks at a section of the title.

Comment by Sue Sanford on February 9, 2011 at 4:05pm

I found my house and street at the Landmark Society library.  Fascinating! We still have the original porch and columns which have hand carved jewish stars. (Only one in the nieghborhood.)

Comment by Zack DeClerck on November 20, 2011 at 8:39pm

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Comment by Shawn Wallace on February 3, 2013 at 5:53pm

Does anyone know an online site to purchase the 1880's map of the South Wedge?  I think the view is from Highland Park or something.  I saw it at the last Lilac Festival I went to when I lived on Linden.  I seem to recall the map really giving an up close view of the  South Wedge.

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