After 150 years, Heritage House volunteers gladly offer a stress-reducer, step back in time

After 150 years, Heritage House volunteers gladly offer a stress-reducer, step back in time

ROCHESTER — There’s a place in the middle of downtown Rochester’s construction where people can take a respite: the Heritage House Victorian Museum. The museum, set in an 1875 house built for Timothy and Eliza Whiting, stands still in time in Central Park. Its goal is to offer an understanding of life in the 1800s, from carpets stitched together in 2-foot pieces, horsehair furniture, corsets, hauling water to wash dishes and rooms originally lit…