Charles Bissell House, 666 East Avenue, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Significance: Built between 1852 and 1854, for Mr. & Mrs. Charles Perkins Bissell this Gothic Revival structure is attributed to Andrew Jackson Warner. This inspiration for the exterior treatment was undoubtedly from the publications of A.J. Downing, Cottage Residences: Or a Series of Designs for Rural Cottages and Cottage Villas (1842) and The Architecture of Country Houses; Including Designs for Cottages, Farm Houses and Villas (1850). The Bissell House was one of the earliest houses in a century-long shift of social Rochester from the old Third Ward to the East Avenue area. It is located within the City of ROchester's East Avenue Preservation District.
Survey number: HABS NY-5640
Building/structure dates: ca. 1853 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1910 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1926 Subsequent Work