---
type: Place
title: 'Portals to Our Past stop 11: Railroad District'
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 North Main Street at the rail line, where the railroad arrived
  in 1853.
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'
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  at: '2026-10-04T18:49:45.195Z'
superbee_updated_by: 'process:hm-schema-v2-p3'
place_type: historic-landmark
---
# Portals to Our Past stop 11: Railroad District

Stop 11 on the brochure map is on North Main Street at the rail line, near Lift Bridge Lane and Railroad Street. Official histories date the railroad's arrival in Fairport to 1853; today the train-viewing platform is nearby on Liftbridge Lane East.

## Good to know

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

## History

- The railroad came to Fairport in 1853. ([source](https://www.village.fairport.ny.us/community/about_fairport/index.php))

# Related

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