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FRIENDS OF MT HOPE CEMETERY
Cause Area
- Arts & Culture
- Community
- Education & Literacy
- Environment
Location
1133 MOUNT HOPE AVEROCHESTER, NY 14620 United StatesWebsite:
http://www.fomh.org
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Mission Statement
The mission of the Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery is to optimize the cemetery's potential as a cultural resource through education, preservation and promotion of Mount Hope Cemetery's unique heritage.
Description
Dedicated in 1838 in Rochester NY, Mount Hope is America's first municipal Victorian cemetery.
Set in a picturesque landscape shaped by retreating glaciers, the cemetery features more than 80 mausoleums, soaring Egyptian obelisks, winged angels of mercy, a Florentine cast-iron fountain, two stone chapels in Gothic Revival style, a Moorish gazebo, and infinitely varied tombstones marking more than 370,000 graves across 196 acres.
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