The purpose 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.
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 82 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 350,000 graves across 196 acres.
Mount Hope Cemetery is listed in:
• Mount Hope/Highland Preservation District, Rochester, New York
• New York State Register of Historic Places
• National Register of Historic Places
• National Park Services National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom
• Erie Canalway National Corridor as an Affiliate Site
and is a National Wildlife Federation Certified Wildlife Habitat and a historic site on Rochester's portion of the Genesee Riverway Trail.
MAILING ADDRESS
Please
address mail correspondence to:
Friends of
Mount Hope Cemetery
P.O. Box 18713
Rochester,
NY 14618-0713
