[1] The Hervey Ely House is located on Troupe Street in the Third Ward Historic District of Rochester, New York.

The house immensely impacted the architecture emerging around it, with Greek Revival styles becoming prevalent and popular during the early 19th Century period.

[6][4] The Third Ward became a thriving social site due to wealthy house owners hosting parties and galas, and the emergence of clubs.

[5] A major section of the influx of workers were non-native to the United States and unable to speak English, many being Eastern Jews, Italians, Greeks, and Ukrainians.

[5] The mills accumulated a great wealth for Ely and he and his wife, Caroline, bought a custom mansion in 1837 by the architect, Hugh Hastings.

[9] The house was renowned for its Greek Revival style, located by Livingston Park in Monroe County, New York.

Following Whitehouse, William Kidd, Azariah Boody, and Howard Osgood inhabited the mansion until it was acquired by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1920.

[12] The Daughters of the American Revolution have had many important figures enrolled in their society, such as Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul, Julia Ward Howe, Harriet Taylor Upton, etc.

[14] The Daughters of the American Revolution are still working today to preserve the history of the United States through the maintenance and sustaining of important pieces of the past.

[15] This famous style is modeled after many of the popular Greek buildings like the Parthenon, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, and temples like Apollo, Artemis, Hera, Hephaestus, etc..

The design came to be with architects like Benjamin Henry Latrobe, William Strickland, and Hervey Ely House’s very own Hugh Hastings.

Hervey Ely House was designed with twelve foot ceilings, 6,597 square feet of open space, circular shaped staircase, marble fireplaces, and many more elegant characteristics.

Although the Greek Revival Style is not utilized as much now as it was in the past, it will always hold a special place in the historical remembrance of early America.

First intended to be just a large mansion, the house was then adopted and then altered to serve as a museum for historical artifacts and documents by the Daughters of the American Revolution association.

The ability to go and be immersed in the history of the United States and the individuals who allowed for our country to be what it is today will forever be sacred.

The Hervey Ely House is one of many historic sites that allows for this experience and it is not only an establishment that stores artifacts of this United country, but the building itself is one of great memories.