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On May 16, 1812, the town of Grandon was laid out by Captain Abraham Skinner, Samuel Huntington, and a few others, on land deeded to Samuel Fowler in 1798 by the Connecticut Land Co. The location at the mouth of the Grand River helped to create a thriving port and village. In 1836 the town of Grandon was incorporated and the name was changed to Fairport. The word “Harbor” was added in 1823. The first lighthouse and keeper’s dwelling were built in 1825 by the famous architect Jonathan Goldsmith.
Located at the mouth of the Grand River, the Fairport Harbor Marine Museum is the first Great Lakes Lighthouse Marine Museum in Ohio and in the United States.
A spiral staircase leads to the top of the 60-foot sandstone lighthouse, built in 1871.
The adjacent museum features lighthouse lenses, relics from Native American settlements along the Grand River, and artifacts pertaining to life on the Great Lakes.