Highland Park

 

Fast Facts

Address: 450 Highland Avenue, Rochester 14620

Coordinates: 43.131111, 77.606838

Area: 150.95 acres

Streets and Waterways: Mount Hope Avenue, South Avenue, Highland Avenue, Elmwood Avenue, South Goodman Street, Reservoir Avenue, Highland Park Reservoir, Lily Pond

Parking: On street

Date of Construction/Opening: 1891-1907

Landscape Architect(s): Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr.

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Amenities: Benches, picnic tables, Lamberton Conservatory, specimen trees and plants, playground, ice skating, memorials, Frederick Douglass sculpture, Highland Bowl (concerts and theatre productions), annual Lilac Festival, library branch in nearby school building, restaurants within walking distance, public bathrooms 

Photo by Patricia Brown