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FAIRPORT VILLAGE
Mallett’s Tavern Part 1 March 26, 2008 Mallett’s Tavern Part 2 March 26, 2008 Osburn House Part 1 April 9, 2008 Osburn House Part 2 April 16, 2008 The Cottage Hotel April 30, 2008 DeLand Homes of N. Main Jan. 27, 2011 Canal Debate of 1909 Part 1 February 28, 2013 Canal Debate of 1909 Part 2 March 14, 2013 From Garage to Grill: Part 1 April 10, 2014 From Garage to Grill: Part 2 May 01, 2014 Remembering Old Parker St: Part 1 June 17, 2014 A Street by any other Name: Sanford Street December 4, 2014 Fun on Schummers Lot December 18, 2014 IITUWUBAD (Saporito’s Bar) September 03, 2015 Short Life for Fairport Miniature Golf Course September 17, 2015 Perinton’s Disney Connection at Riki’s Family Restaurant November 26, 2015 Bus Garage to Bistro at 80 North Main Street December 17, 2015 T.C. Hinch and his Portable Tailor Shop January 07, 2016 Underwear Factory Burns – Community Goes Without! January 21, 2016 He Knew the Underwear Business from the Bottom Up February 04, 2016 Prohibition Raids Targeted Fairport’s North Side March 10, 2016 Prohibition Raid at Fairport’s Cottage Hotel March 24, 2016 Property of Prominent Residents Vandalized (1873) April 07, 2016 Young Hooligans Smash Greyhound Buses in Fairport April 21, 2016 Fairport’s First Fresh Air Kids (1885) May 19, 2016 DeLand Fire Sparked Establishment of Village Water Works (1893) June 02, 2016 DeLand Fire Sparked Establishment of Village Water Works (1893) Part Two June 16, 2016 DeLand Fire Sparked Establishment of Village Water Works (1893) Conclusion June 30, 2016 Every Picture Tells A Story – ED Warren store in the Bown building August 24, 2016 A Surprise in the History of Henry DeLand’s House May 25, 2017 Twenty-one Babies at the Big Brick House June 22, 2017 R.T. French and the Fairport Connection July 6, 2017 State Skewers Stinky Sewers: Part 1 July 20, 2017 State Skewers Stinky Sewers: Part 2- Conclusion August 3, 2017 Washout at the John Street Waste Weir September 14, 2017 Best News in Fifty Years: Rochester Manufacturing Company Chooses Fairport October 12, 2017 Fire Escapes an Afterthought on Early Buildings December 21, 2017 Fire Escapes an Afterthought on Early Buildings – Conclusion January 11, 2018 Catastophic Explosion on Parce Avenue April 12, 2018 Brief Residency of a Wealthy European October 25, 2018 Turn-of-the-century_Safety at Main St RR Crossings January 2019 A Lot of History in a Little Space (north shop of Deal Block) January 2019 Horseless Carriage verses Horse on Fairport’s West Ave February 2019 The Story of Fairport’s Clyde Kelsey September 2019 The Camp Fire Girls Arrive in Fairport October 2019 The Low-Down on High Street November 2019 The Goose Diamond of Roselawn Avenue December 2019 A New Home for the Pigeons December 2019 A Place Called DeLand Park January 2020 Searching For Clues in a Photograph July 2020 Early Firefighting Was an Uphill Battle August 2020 An Old Building Resides Within Riki’s Restaurant September 2020 Treacherous Railroad Crossing Closed in 1959 October 2020 Survival of Fairport’s Iconic Lift Bridge November 2020 Dog Grooming Shop Had Many Lives February 2021 Dockmaster Station August 3, 2021 NW Canal Bank History Sept. 3, 2021
ORGANIZATIONS
Service Orgs. Lions September 6, 2007 Service Orgs. Rotary one September 27, 2007 Service Orgs. Rotary two October 4, 2007 Veterans-VFW December 6, 2007 Veterans-American Legion December 13, 2007 Fairport Little League May 19, 2011 The Grange June 30, 2011 Boy Scouts: Eagle Project 1 July 18, 2013 Boy Scouts: Eagle Project 2 November 7, 2013 Rotary’s Haloween Parade October 24, 2013 Pro Basketball Players helped build Perinton VFW Home May, 2020 A Fire Dept. for Bushnell’s Basin May, 2021
PEOPLE and PLACES
BLACK HISTORY
HISTORIC AREAS and PRESERVATION
MEDICINE
STREET NAMES
EDUCATION
An Historic Overview October 22, 2008 District School One November 5, 2008 District School Two November 19, 2008 District School Three December 10, 2008 District School Four March 11, 2009 District School Five March 25, 2009 District School Six April 8, 2009 District School Seven April 22, 2009 District School Eight May 6, 2009 District School Nine May 20, 2009 District School Ten June 3, 2009 District School Eleven June 17, 2009 East Avenue School July 1, 2009 Fairport Union School July 15, 2009 West Avenue School July 29 & Aug.5,2009 School Centralization August 19, 2009 School District Growth September 2, 2009 Class of 1913 June 20, 2013 Where Is The Bell? July 4, 2013 Martha Brown 50th Anniversary January 15, 2015 Perinton’s Little-Known Educational Pioneer: Delphine Hanna May 4, 2017 Sharing Photos and Films Brings Back Memories September 28, 2017 The Long-Lost School on Fairport’s Hart Street November 23, 2017 Friends and Rivals Remember The Little Brown Jug October, 2019
BUSINESS
HOUSES OF WORSHIP
First Baptist Church Aug. 10 & 24, 2006 First Congregational Church Sept. 23 & 30, 2009 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Jan. 13 & 20, 2010 Roman Catholic Churches Feb. 5 & 12, 2010 First Methodist Church Mar. 26 & Apr. 2, 2010 Lutheran Churches April 16 & 23, 2010 Fairport Community Baptist May 7 & 14, 2010 S. Perinton United Methodist June 18 & 25, 2010 Newer Churches August 13, 2010 Egypt’s Only Church a Long Lost Memory July 28, 2016 The Little Church on Cole Street (Free Methodist Church) April 13, 2017
CEMETERIES
Perinton Center July 16, 2010 Mt. Pleasant July 30, 2010 Greenvale August 27, 2010 Mason Road September 24, 2010 Bushnell’s Basin October 8, 2010 Elmwood October 22, 2010 St. Mary’s November 5, 2010 Schummers’ November 19, 2010 Veterans Memorial at Elmwood November 7, 2013 Cemetery Benefits from Volunteers Who Never Met August, 2019
PERINTON GOES TO WAR
The Civil War July 14 & Aug. 4, 2011 Veterans Memorial at Elmwood November 7, 2013 WWII Air Warning Service May 15, 2014 A Soldier and Artist in Normandy June 19, 2014 Mario Pomponio: American Hero (Part 1) October 9, 2014 Mario Pomponio: American Hero (Part 2 )October 23, 2014 Mario Pomponio: American Hero (Part 3) November 6, 2014 Fine Line Between Being Decorated and Court Martialed September 8, 2016 “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy” December 1, 2016 Exhibit Commemorates Fairport and Perinton Involvement in WWI March 29, 2017 Life Through the Lens of Frank Beaumont July 24, 2018 Local Veterans Honored at WWII Museum August 2, 2018 Playgrounds Born in a War Torn World September 5, 2018
PUBLIC SERVICE
EARLY PERINTON
Columns in the Democrat and Chronicle
Ramsdell House Egypt April 29, 2011 Egypt Trolley Stop May 27, 2011 Richardson’s Inn June 17, 2011 Bushnell’s Basin Aug. 26, 2011 Arnold House Fairport Sept. 16, 2011 Perinton Center Sept. 30, 2011 Fairport Road Bridge Oct. 14, 2011 Hupp Motors Oct. 28, 2011 Linn Snow Plow Dec. 2, 2011 One Horse Grocery Dec. 9, 2011 Crossman Pond Ice Dec. 23, 2011 Card Players Jan. 6, 2012 Egypt Canning Feb. 3, 2012 DeLand Hose Company Feb. 10, 2012 Fpt. Baptist Homes March, 2012 Fairport Post Office March, 2012 Baseball April, 2012 Fairport Police May 4, 2012 Shaw’s Hall May 17, 2012 Class of 1897 June 29, 2012 Osburn House room July 27, 2012 Rochester Fireworks Co. Sept. 14, 2012 Locust Farms Oct. 5, 2012 Potter House Oct. 19, 2012 GAR E.A. Slocum Post Nov. 2, 2012 S. Main Street 1932 Nov. 23, 2012 Fairport Electric Dec. 7, 2012 Erie Canal circa 1922 Dec. 21, 2012 Early Gas Station Jan. 02, 2013 Liftbridge Construction Feb. 22, 2013 District 3 Schoolhouse Aug. 08, 2013 First Catholic Church Dec. 21, 2013 Vets Memorial at Potter May. 09, 2014 Barranco’s – 100 Years Jan. 29, 2015 Canning the Old Fashioned Way at Cobb Preserving Company July 15, 2015 WWII Archive of Perinton Soldiers Shared with Community November 11, 2015