Rochester Street Historic District

Rochester Street in Scottsville, Monroe County, New York, about 13 miles southwest of Rochester, is lined with 41 houses along a wide, tree-shaded roadway. More than half were built between the 1830s and 1850s, which gives the street an overall Greek Revival character. The oldest known building, at number 7, dates from 1816, while the newest, at number 17, was built in 1957, yet consistent scale and rhythm hold them together. Few houses stand out individually, but notable examples include a series of mid-century homes attributed to builder Sears Galusha and a 1917 shingle-style house. Local historian Carl Schmidt described the dwellings as modest homes of doctors, ministers, merchants and craftsmen with fine mouldings and good craftsmanship. Most of the houses date from a boom driven by wheat farming, a canal link opened in 1837 and a railroad in 1838. Later suburban growth in the village has barely altered the street's nineteenth-century appearance.