Where the Masseth family settled from about 1833. Xavier's lots in the Perkins & Schermerhorn tract, on the west side of the Genesee, sat in a thriving German-speaking community.
Rochester, New York
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The Brown Street House
A small triangular lot in Rochester, New York: bought by Francis Xavier Masseth in 1837, home to his hand-built house and nailsmith shop, and traced through deeds, a will, and four decades of maps.