Courtesy of Remembering Rochester In June 1966, leaders of the Rochester community gathered to celebrate the cornerstone laying for the suburban unit of Crittenton Hospital on University Drive. The first full-service hospital to serve the area was welcomed and eagerly anticipated by citizens who were accustomed to traveling to Pontiac, Mount Clemens or Detroit for their acute health care needs. Thus, when Crittenton Hospital of Detroit announced plans to build a suburban unit, village and … [Read more...]
How The Old Stone Store became The Home Bakery
May 7, 2016 by 2 Comments
The Old Stone Store: A Remnant of Rochester’s Pioneer Era By Deborah J. Larsen Few Rochester residents remember a time when the venerable stone store at the corner of Third and Main streets was not a bakery. History reveals, however, that the iconic building has served a wide variety of tenants in its 167 years. Rochester’s oldest commercial structure, known to us as the Home Bakery building, was called “The Old Stone Store” by generations of earlier residents. It was built in 1849 for … [Read more...]
Remembering Rochester with Rochester Bar-B-Q & Pizza
February 18, 2016 by 2 Comments
Courtesy of Remembering Rochester Bygone Business: Rochester Bar-B-Q & Pizza Anyone who lived at the north end of Rochester during the 1960s and early 1970s probably remembers a small take-out store called Rochester Bar-B-Q & Pizza. James and Lorraine Schultz opened the establishment in a small, one-story building at 812 N. Main Street (just north of the Romeo and Main intersection) under the name Bar-B-Q Kitchen, in March 1963. The Rochester store was a franchise of a Detroit … [Read more...]
Remembering Rochester: The Rochester Symphony Orchestra
May 6, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Back in 2011, May was a 'golden' month in Rochester history as the Rochester Symphony Orchestra (RSO) marked a musical milestone by celebrating its 50th anniversary. On May 11, 1961, the Rochester Clarion announced to its readers that the organizational meeting of the new Rochester Civic Orchestra had taken place. The fledgling orchestra, 38 members strong, offered its first public concert at Rochester High School on May 18 of that year, under the baton of Frederic Johnson. Read the full … [Read more...]
