May 19, 2021
ROCHESTER Track Rochester’s growth and more in a new exhibit at the Rochester Historical Society Museum.
In pictures, visitors can see the boarding house in Rochester Center that was home to out of town students attending the Rochester Academy. They can follow Rochester s growth in a series of maps beginning in 1704 which are also available for purchase. In memoirs and articles, visitors can learn that Judah Hathaway who retired in 1868 from a life at sea and became owner of the mill at Hathaway pond had the first bathtub in Rochester, or that bog iron was once plentiful in Rochester s watery areas and of value.