Timothy Wallace House is a historic home located at Rochester

Rochester, New York

Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...

 in Monroe County, New York

Monroe County, New York

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. It was constructed about 1840 and is a typical example of a regional farmhouse. It is an intact representative example of vernacular Greek Revival

Greek Revival architecture

The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture...

 style architecture in Western New York

Western New York

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. The original structure featured a two story main block with flanking wings that was added to and modified throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1994.