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<div style="font-size: 0.8rem; font-weight: 700; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.08em; color: #c5a059; margin-bottom: 6px;">HEADQUARTERS & MANUFACTURING COMPLEX &bull; 95 AMES STREET</div>
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<div style="font-size: 0.95rem; color: #cbd5e1; max-width: 720px; line-height: 1.5;">The historic 300,000+ sq. ft. precision manufacturing headquarters in Rochester, New York—from agricultural tracts in 1900 to peak industrial expansion and modern satellite outlines.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0 0 6px 0; color: #14153a; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.05rem; font-weight: bold;">Evolution of the 95 Ames Street Campus</div>
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Following the rapid growth of the Taylor Brothers Company and the 1907 consolidation of Taylor Instrument Companies, the firm acquired property along Ames Street, Hague Street, and the New York Central Railroad mainline. The facility grew to encompass extensive machine shops, glass-blowing departments, plating rooms, an employee athletic field, tennis courts, and a prominent rooftop meteorological observatory dome.
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Interactive research resource: 
<span class="plainlinks">[https://maps.cityofrochester.gov/historic/ <span style="color: #947124; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">City of Rochester Historic Map Viewer (External Interactive Plat Maps) &rarr;</span>]</span>
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<div style="font-size: 0.92rem; color: #4a5568; margin-bottom: 16px;">The full manufacturing perimeter, railway spur, industrial water tower, and community athletic facilities.</div>

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File:Plant_on_Ames_Street.png|'''Ames Street Plant & Campus (Aerial Overview)'''<br/><span style="color: #64748b; font-size: 0.88em;">Comprehensive view showing the multi-story comb-tooth wings, rooftop weather dome, water tower, and foreground athletic field.</span>
File:Ames Street 2021.png|'''Cleared Site (2021 Aerial Imagery)'''<br/><span style="color: #64748b; font-size: 0.88em;">Modern satellite view of the cleared 95 Ames Street parcel; outlines of the factory foundations and rail spur remain visible.</span>
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<div style="font-size: 0.92rem; color: #4a5568; margin-bottom: 16px;">Historic insurance and city plat maps tracking the acquisition and footprint expansion of the Taylor campus across 35 years.</div>

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File:Ames St 1900.png|'''Pre-Industrial Parcels (1900 Plat Map)'''<br/><span style="color: #64748b; font-size: 0.88em;">The Ames, Hague, and West Avenue tract prior to Taylor factory construction, largely divided into residential parcels.</span>
File:Ames St 1910.png|'''Initial Plant Footprint (1910 Plat Map)'''<br/><span style="color: #64748b; font-size: 0.88em;">Early Taylor Instrument Companies manufacturing facility featuring early manufacturing wings along Ames Street.</span>
File:Ames St 1935.png|'''Peak Industrial Expansion (1935 Plat Map)'''<br/><span style="color: #64748b; font-size: 0.88em;">Full industrial campus buildout including plant additions, railway siding, and the Taylor Athletic Field along West Avenue.</span>
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The historic Taylor campus occupied the superblock bordered by Ames Street, West Avenue, Hague Street, and the New York Central Railroad mainline.
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<div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.35rem; font-weight: bold; color: #ffffff; margin-bottom: 6px;">95 Ames Street, Rochester, NY 14611</div>
<div style="color: #cbd5e1; font-size: 0.9rem; max-width: 580px; margin: 0 auto 16px auto; line-height: 1.5;">Coordinates: 43.151074° N, 77.644416° W &bull; Monroe County &bull; Historic 19th Ward / West Side Industrial Corridor</div>
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<span class="plainlinks">[https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.151074&amp;mlon=-77.644416#map=17/43.151074/-77.644416 <span style="display: inline-block; background: #c5a059; color: #14153a; font-weight: 700; font-size: 0.88rem; padding: 8px 18px; border-radius: 4px; text-decoration: none;">🗺 Open in OpenStreetMap ↗</span>]</span>
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<span class="plainlinks">[https://maps.cityofrochester.gov/historic/ <span style="display: inline-block; background: transparent; border: 1px solid #c5a059; color: #f5f0e6; font-weight: 700; font-size: 0.88rem; padding: 8px 18px; border-radius: 4px; text-decoration: none;">🏛 Rochester Historic Map Viewer ↗</span>]</span>
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<div><strong>Campus Boundary:</strong> Ames St (East) &bull; Hague St (West) &bull; West Ave / Buffalo Rd (South) &bull; NYC Railroad Tracks (North)</div>
<div><span style="color: #947124; font-weight: 600;">Site Status:</span> Cleared Industrial Parcel</div>
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<div style="font-size: 0.92rem; line-height: 1.55; color: #4a5568; margin-bottom: 12px;">Explore internal views of the production facilities or review career histories of those who worked at Ames Street:</div>
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