(Nathaniel Rochester), (sculpture).

(Nathaniel Rochester), (sculpture).

Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.

(Nathaniel Rochester), (sculpture).

Dedicated June 28, 1924.

Approx. H. 46 in. x W. 24 in.

(On relief, below portrait:) HAVE HONOR FOR/NATHANIEL ROCHESTER/AFTER WHOM OUR CITY WAS NAMED/BORN IN VIRGINIA 21 FEBRUARY 1752/COLONEL IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION/PATRIOT PIONEER FOUNDER/HE TYPIFIED IN HIS HONORABLE PUBLIC SERVICE AND/PRIVATE ENTERPRISE THE BEST PIONEER TRADITIONS/OF THE GENESEE COUNTRY./HE SHAPED OUR YOUNG VILLAGE. HE WAS THE EARLIEST/PROMOTER OF OUR PROSPERITY, PARTING WITH HIS/POSSESSIONS TO PROCURE A VIRILE POPULATION./IN THE WILDERNESS, HE HAD A VISION OF A CITY./AS A MAN, HIS LIFE WAS OF CONSTANT INTEGRITY/AND PRIMITIVE SIMPLICITY, WINNING THE AFFECTION OF/A GRATEFUL COMMUNITY. HE HAD COURAGE, ENERGY/AND FAITH./HE GAVE OUR CITY MORE THAN A NAME-/THE HERITAGE OF HIS INSPIRING PERSONALITY./ON THIS SITE STOOD HIS HOME BUILT IN 1824/WHERE HE DIED 17 MAY 1831./TABLET ERECTED BY THE ROCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND/THE ROCHESTER CHAPTER SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Bronze memorial tablet with relief bust of Nathaniel Rochester and his homestead.

Portrait male -- Rochester, Nathaniel -- Bust

Occupation -- Military -- Colonel

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Rochester

Administered by Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623

Located Mechanics Institute, 42 South Washington Street, Bevier Building, southwest corner facing Spring Street, Rochester, New York

Erected under the auspices of the Rochester Historical Society, the Rochester Chapter, Empire State Society and the Sons of the American Revolution, the plaque honors Nathaniel Rochester (1752-1831), a Colonel during the American Revolution after whom the City of Rochester is named. The plaque was designed by the Gorham Company in New York and cast by their foundry in Providence. At the time of the dedication, the Mechanics Institute was known as the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanical Institute. IAS files contain an excerpt from "The Rochester Historical Society: Publication Fund Series, vol. 3," Rochester, NY: The Society, 1924. For further reading see: Democrat & Chronicle, June 28, 1924.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1993.

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