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- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ↑ National Park Service, Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY (FR Doc E8-15908[Federal Register: July 14, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 135))
