Church of the Ascension

Church of the Ascension is a church in Rochester, Rochester and Suburbs, New York which is located on Riverside Street. Church of the Ascension is situated nearby to the church Sacred Heart Cathedral, as well as near the school All City High.

Type: Church
Also known as: “Church of The Ascension”
Address: 2 Riverside Street, Rochester, NY 14615

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sacred Heart Cathedral and Veterans Memorial Bridge.

Sacred Heart Cathedral

Church

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The Sacred Heart Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in Rochester, New York, United States. The renovated cathedral is the Mother Church of the Diocese of Rochester and seat of the diocesan bishop, as well as home to a parish community. Sacred Heart Cathedral is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Church of the Ascension.

Veterans Memorial Bridge

Bridge

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The Veterans Memorial Bridge in Rochester, New York, carries New York State Route 104 across the Genesee River. The bridge is an architecturally significant concrete arch faced with white granite. Veterans Memorial Bridge is situated 2,300 feet east of Church of the Ascension.

All City High

School

All City High is located at 1305 Lyell Avenue in Rochester, New York. It is a program for students in the Rochester City School District who are ages 17–21 and want a smaller, semester-based school. All City High is situated 2,100 feet northwest of Church of the Ascension.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maplewood Historic District and Irondequoit.

Maplewood Historic District

Neighborhood

The Maplewood Historic District is located in Rochester in Monroe County, New York. The district is distinguished as having landscape designs, including Maplewood Park, originally laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted.

Irondequoit

Town

Photo: DanielPenfield, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Irondequoit is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the coterminous town-CDP had a population of 51,043. Irondequoit is a suburb of the city of Rochester, lying just north and east of the city limits. Irondequoit is situated 3 miles northeast of Church of the Ascension.

South Wedge Historic District

Neighborhood

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South Wedge is a historic district and neighborhood in southeast Rochester, New York, in a predominantly residential section of the city. The district includes a variety of buildings constructed between the 1840s and 1920s, mainly two-story detached family residences. South Wedge Historic District is situated 3½ miles south of Church of the Ascension.

Church of the Ascension

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Rochester, Rochester and Suburbs, Finger Lakes, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.1912° or 43° 11′ 28″ north

Longitude

-77.62899° or 77° 37′ 44″ west

Elevation

449 feet (137 metres)

Levels

Roof shape

gabled

Open location code

87M459RC+FC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 554206497

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

GeoNames ID

8082926

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