Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Rochester, United States

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Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 5.3 km
Ascend 78 m
Descend 82 m

Explore Rochester in United States with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in RochesterIndividual Sights in Rochester

Sight 1: Lehigh Valley Railroad Station (historic)

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Lehigh Valley Railroad Station (historic) Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers) / CC BY-SA 3.0

Lehigh Valley Railroad Station is a historic railway station located at Rochester in Monroe County, New York. The Lehigh Valley Railroad built the station in 1905 but stopped using the station for passenger service in the 1950s. Later the station was used as a bus terminal and then as a night club. In the 1980s the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places and today it houses the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que restaurant.

Wikipedia: Lehigh Valley Railroad Station (Rochester, New York) (EN)

480 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: Geva Theatre Center

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Geva Theatre Center Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers) / CC BY-SA 3.0

Geva Theatre Center is a regional, not-for-profit, professional theatre company based in Rochester, New York. It is housed in an 1868 building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, located in Rochester at 75 Woodbury Boulevard. The Center has full seasons of programming, in addition to discussions based on plays and staged readings, and community outreach.

Wikipedia: Geva Theatre Center (EN)

648 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 3: National Museum of Play at The Strong

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The Strong National Museum of Play is part of The Strong in Rochester, New York, United States. Established in 1969 and initially based on the personal collection of Rochester native Margaret Woodbury Strong, the museum opened to the public in 1982, after several years of planning, cataloguing, and exhibition development for the museum's new building in downtown Rochester.

Wikipedia: The Strong National Museum of Play (EN), Website

1393 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 4: Rochester Zen Center

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The Rochester Zen Center (RZC) is a Sōtō and Rinzai Zen Buddhist sangha in the Kapleau lineage, located in Rochester, New York and established in 1966 by Philip Kapleau. It is one of the oldest Zen centers in the United States.

Wikipedia: Rochester Zen Center (EN), Website

324 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Rochester Museum and Science Center

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The Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC) is a museum in Rochester, New York, dedicated to community education in science, technology and local history. The museum also operates the Strasenburgh Planetarium, located next to the museum, and the Cumming Nature Center, a 900-acre (3.6 km2) nature preserve near Naples, New York. The museum resides at 657 East Ave. and has a collection of 1.2 million artifacts.

Wikipedia: Rochester Museum and Science Center (EN), Website

812 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 6: Memorial Art Gallery

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The Memorial Art Gallery is a civic art museum in Rochester, New York. Founded in 1913, it is part of the University of Rochester and occupies the southern half of the University's former Prince Street campus. It is a focal point of fine arts activity in the region and hosts the biennial Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition and the annual Clothesline Festival.

Wikipedia: Memorial Art Gallery (EN), Website

1038 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 7: George Eastman Museum

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The George Eastman Museum, also referred to as George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film, is the world's oldest museum dedicated to photography and one of the world's oldest film archives, opened to the public in 1949 in Rochester, New York.

Wikipedia: George Eastman Museum (EN), Website

603 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 8: Asbury First United Methodist Church

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Asbury First United Methodist Church

Asbury First United Methodist Church is located on East Avenue in Rochester, New York, United States. It traces its heritage to several Rochester congregations dating back to the 1820s. In its current form, it is the result of a 1934 merger of First Church and Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church. With a congregation of 2,300 people, it is the largest United Methodist church in the Rochester area.

Wikipedia: Asbury First United Methodist Church (EN), Website

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