Great Homes of Rochester

Mar 4, 2002

0h 46m

★ 9.0

Overview

Travel through the streets of Rochester and you’ll find some extraordinary architecture. From California bungalows to English Tudors, French colonials to Victorians, the Flour City is home to so many beautiful dwellings. WXXI takes you on a private tour inside some of these exquisite house in Great Homes of Rochester.

Genres

Documentary

History

TV Movie

Production Companies

WXXI-TV

PBS

Great Homes of Rochester Trailers

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Cast

Herself

Eleanor McQuillken

Himself

Geff Yancey

Herself / Historian

Cynthia Howk

Himself / Charlotte Whitney Allen's Chauffeur

Charles Reagan

Herself / Friend of Charlotte Whitney Allen

Victoria Schmitt

Herself / Rochester City Historian

Ruth Rosenberg Naparsteck

Herself / VP of Rural Opportunities, Inc.

Mary Hanson

Himself / CEO of Rural Opportunities Inc.

Stuart Mitchell

Self / Rural Opportunities Inc. Employee

Kate Hall

Himself / President of Idea Connections

Carey Corea

Himself / Owner of Hartford House

Corrin Strong

Himself / Owner of the Homestead

Austin Wadsworth

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