Lewis Ross was a shoe manufacturer and banker in Rochester. He was served on the Board of Directors from the inception of Mechanics Institute, 1885 to 1915, acting as President of the Board for 14 ...
The RIT Community Garden is located near the tennis courts, and in the Ross/ROTC Quad. The main garden was started in 2009 and is fully fenced. Our smaller garden in the Ross/ROTC quad was started in ...
Her parents, Harriet (“Rit”) Green and Benjamin Ross, named her Araminta Ross and called her “Minty.” Harriet had eight brothers and sisters, but they were soon split apart despite Rit’s ...