Mt. Hope Cemetery in Rochester, NY (1989)

Here is a short video I made nearly 20 years ago while on a trip to Rochester, NY. Mount Hope Cemetery, founded in 1838, is the United States' first municipal Victorian cemetery. Situated on 196 acres of land adjacent to the University of Rochester on Mount Hope Avenue, the cemetery is the permanent resting place of over 350,000 people, and adds up to approx 600 burials per yr. Some of the famous buried there are Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony and the children of Buffalo Bill.
I had never visited Mt. Hope when I lived in Rochester during the late 1960s, so I wanted to make it a stop 20 years later. Probably little had changed. For current area residents, you can look for changes twenty years later.
On a technical note, this video was shot with a Panasonic AG camcorder on S-VHS tape. The quality of the original analog recording rivals the digital tapes of today. It was raining when I shot this video, so I narrated & taped it from my car.
Recorded: August 1989

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• Mt.
• Hope
• Cemetery
• Rochester
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• Susan
• B.
• Anthony
• Frederick
• Douglass
• 1989
• S-VHS

[AntiqueAngel44]

I remember once I was in the Cemetery near ‘Susan’s’ grave; and I went to touch it just to feel it, and the whole thing just tipped over backyards. And for a brief moment I was like “Oh shit”, but the instant it hit the ground it didn't break which I feared and boy was I relieved.

[JFiannaca]

Jack the Rippers there

[Tsoto247]

Did they find that stolen dog??

[Raveness25]

i have a picture in her tomb too

[jdbmusiclover]

i went there and we saw susan b anthonys grave. i have a pic o fit and we saw alll o fthe offerings that people left her..

[ajt84drums]

dude we just went there today ! its beautiful durring the day ! we said hello to susan b anthony and fredrick douglas ! two wonderful people ! who fought for humanity !

[cagonesss]

man this place looks so old and cool ,i would walk through the place not drive and take everything in,maybe ghost hunt there lol

[SidneyXda]

that crematorium is so spooky, even with normal happy music ..it looks scary. imagine it at night, with the omen music or something

[sjtom57]

Cemeteries are fascinating places to explore. Thanks for the tour.

[halofilms687]

my great granparents are there their head stone says kirkpatrick on it