Founder of the Landmark Society of Western New York in 1937. She bought the Campbell-Whittlesey Greek Revival House in Rochester NY to prevent its demolition, which the Society preserved as a museum. She lived in her grandfather's home, the George Ellwanger house on Mount Hope Avenue, whose perennial gardens she left to the Society upon her death.
Founder of the Landmark Society of Western New York in 1937. She bought the Campbell-Whittlesey Greek Revival House in Rochester NY to prevent its demolition, which the Society preserved as a museum. She lived in her grandfather's home, the George Ellwanger house on Mount Hope Avenue, whose perennial gardens she left to the Society upon her death.
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