A history of Fairport,
since 1867
Postcards, papers and photographs of Fairport from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town of Perinton was first settled in the two flat areas of Perinton Center (Turk Hill and Ayrault Roads) and Egypt. What was developed as the village of Fairport was a swampy area in the northern part of the town that was drained in the 1820s by construction of the new Erie Canal. With the opening of the canal, what was then known as Perrinsville quickly became a busy canal port with a reputation for being a "fair port".
A further boon to the area's reputation as an industry and transportation center came with the construction of railroads in 1853. This now booming section of Perrinsville was incorporated as a village on April 30, 1867, and eventually became the center of activity for the town of Perinton.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Fairport’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewFairport, N.Y, 1885: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Fairport
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Fairport, decade by decade
1970s
1990s
Nothing in Fairport is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Fairport has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Henry DeLand House in Perinton, 0.1 miles away.
Fairport and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Fairport, N.Y (1885) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4), the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.