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type: Place
title: 'Portals to Our Past stop 9: DeLand Chemical Company and the Box Factory'
place_category: landmark
jurisdiction_basis: >-
  Village of Fairport government body/service; jurisdiction is the village by
  definition
checked_on: '2026-10-03'
subcategory: history stop
description: >-
  History stop on South Main Street near the site of DeLand's early saleratus
  works.
tags:
  - history
  - walk
  - self-guided
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  - resource: >-
      https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d08414b0d918100019e10c0/11a3c00e-9ff0-47ab-9e13-5ca0aa1656d8/HIS%2Bcard%2Bback.jpg
    title: >-
      Fairport Perinton Partnership (program organizer): Portals to Our Past
      brochure map (image)
  - resource: 'https://www.fairportpartnership.org/portals-to-our-past'
    title: >-
      Fairport Perinton Partnership (program organizer): Portals to Our Past:
      Village Tour
  - resource: 'https://www.village.fairport.ny.us/community/about_fairport/index.php'
    title: 'Village of Fairport: corroborating history page'
  - resource: >-
      https://perinton.gov/departments/historian/historic-areas-in-fairport-perinton/a-brief-history-of-the-village-of-fairport/
    title: 'Town of Perinton: corroborating history page'
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  by: 'process:hm-rewrite-mechanical'
  at: '2026-10-04T03:55:29.664Z'
superbee_updated_by: 'process:hm-rewrite-mechanical'
---
# Portals to Our Past stop 9: DeLand Chemical Company and the Box Factory

Stop 9 on the brochure map is just southeast of the lift bridge on South Main Street. The village and Town Historian identify DeLand as an early Fairport industry producing saleratus, a baking-powder-like product, shipped by rail and canal.

## Good to know

Part of the 13-stop self-guided Portals to Our Past sign tour.

## History

- DeLand Chemical Company produced saleratus in the mid-1800s. ([source](https://www.village.fairport.ny.us/community/about_fairport/index.php))
- DeLand used the rails and canal for raw materials and shipping. ([source](https://perinton.gov/departments/historian/historic-areas-in-fairport-perinton/a-brief-history-of-the-village-of-fairport/))

# Related

- [in area](../areas/village-of-fairport.md)