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ROCHESTER TRIVIA
by Henry Sepp
Milestones Vol 8 No 2--Spring 1983

1. What Rochester jeweler built the Beaver County Court House Clock?

2. What was the Dial Telephone Company called and who managed it?

3. Name the park where the Girard Lock Gates are now preserved.

4. Name the Rochester minister who compiled a "History of Beaver County."

5. Name and locate the two houses which claim to be the highest point in Rochester.

6. Name five early banks of Rochester.

7. Name five early hotels in Rochester.

8. Who invented the "Woodruff Key?"

 

Rochester Trivia Answers

1. Mr. William Brehm

2. The Beaver County Telephone Company. Charles Camp, manager.

3. Lafayette Square (near Kaufmann's Store)

4. Dr. Joseph H. Bausman

5. P. J. Huth house located Deer Lane and Harmony Avenue; Alleman House located New York and Webster Streets.

6. First National, People's National, All Nation's, Rochester Trust Company, and Conway.

7. St. James, Doncaster House, Speyer, Hotel PennBeaver, Lincoln, Rochester, Leaf House.

8. Frank Woodruff.