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LocalitiesPike Quarry, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA

27th Mar 2024 17:01 UTCJason Dobbs

Between approximately 1884 and 1903 Rosella E. and James B. Pike operated Pike's Quarry in the block bounded by Bronson, Epworth, Frost, and Wooden. This block was completely subdivided in 1888, so is is not clear where in the block the quarry was located. It would seen most likely to have been on the land owned by William Emerson and Rosella Pike south of Champlain Street, except that this was all divided into small lots for houses. It might have been in the larger lots north of Champlain but these were owned by Carol Kennedy and there were already houses in the northwestern section. An 1895 newspaper account reported that Pike's quarry was a health hazard; open sewers discharged into the northwest and southeast corners and stagnant pools of water promoted typhoid fever. By 1900 this block had the largest number of houses it would ever Digitized be contain; houses were clustered in the northern half of the block and south along Epworth Street (Hopkins 1910 : Pl. 18). It appears that the quarry was in the central-southern portion of the block, perhaps north of Ruff, which had been cut partway through. There was more development between Wooden and Genesee, and Bonney Place (now Superior Street) had been opened up and contained six houses. Now the development stagnated, remaining exactly the sane until 1910 . It is believed that Pike's quarry was filled in with incinerated domestic refuse, coal ash, and soil sometime between 1913 and 1918. By 1918 Orleans Street had been opened up and the block east of Wooden had been completely cleared of houses (Hopkins 1918 : P1. 18). At this time the northern half of this block was marked "S. Kennedy and R.E. Pike Sub; Madison Junior High School (Site)." The southern half of the block was marked "Emerson & Wilson Sub.; Wilson Park." Madison Junior High opened in 1922. By 1928 the paths of Wilson Park had been laid out. West of Wooden Street the two blocks were well built up but the Madison Theater had not yet been built (Hopkins 1926 : 16). Madison Junior High became a senior high school in 1931). By 1935 the Madison Theater had been built. In 1945 Wilson Park became the high school athletic fields. The school was closed in 1981 and demolished in the summer of 1983.

27th Mar 2024 17:59 UTCKevin Conroy Manager

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