---
type: Article Series
title: 'Fairport, then'
cadence: monthly
publication_status: published
publish_day: first-thursday
description: >-
  One building or one story a month: what the places you already use were
  before, with a source for every date.
personas:
  - long-time-resident
  - new-arrival
  - weekend-visitor
journeys:
  - J-01e
  - J-01
record_query:
  kinds:
    - Place
    - Event
    - Guide
  filters:
    - >-
      places whose building has a dated history in a primary source (village
      survey or landmark list, National Register form, HAER, Sanborn map)
    - landmark places and their walks
    - >-
      history events in the issue month (historical society programs,
      preservation commission meetings)
    - >-
      never: owner or resident names from the survey or the landmark list, a
      private home except as a designated landmark seen from the sidewalk, a
      secondary source alone unless named as that source's account
outline_notes: >-
  Lead with the building a reader is most likely to walk into this month. Each
  item: what is there now (linked), what it was, the date in the source's
  precision, and the designation if there is one. Where sources disagree, give
  the better-sourced value and name who says otherwise in one sentence. Close
  with a real next step (the museum, a walk).
word_limit: 700
skip_rule: >-
  Skip the month if fewer than 3 buildings or stories clear the history fact
  guard.
skip_min_items: 3
generated:
  by: 'process:hm-articles-editor'
  at: '2026-10-04T17:55:39.451Z'
superbee_updated_by: 'process:hm-articles-editor'
---
# Fairport, then

A monthly article, written on the first Thursday of the month, about one building or one story: what the places you already use were before.