![]() ![]() The history of Fair Haven has been well documented by photographer Edna Williams (1883-1967) and several writers, most recently Robert Kolsters who has two books, Looking Back at Fair Haven ( ISBN 978-0-972), loaded with historic pictures and other information. The Pleasant Beach Hotel, located on the east shore, opened in 1910 and is still in operation today. There has been an active yacht club on the west shore for over a century, and many sailboats are seen during the summer. The Little Red School House Museum located at 1294 State Route 104A, Sterling, New York preserves Fair Haven's Railroad heritage with two floors of exhibits and a functioning railroad hand pump car that visitors are welcome to ride.Ĭamping, swimming, fishing and recreational boating are popular now, and the bay is ringed with cottages and year-round residences. In the late 1920s land acquisitions had begun for creation of Fair Haven Beach State Park with construction starting around 1930 using labor provided by the Civilian Conservation Corps. It is now the Fair Haven Community Church. The Presbyterian church, whose brick building of 1882 replaced a former building destroyed by fire, was united with the local Methodist church in 1928. Postcard image of 1882-built Presbyterian church, now the Fair Haven Community Church. When its use as a port waned, the village continued to flourish as a prime recreational destination thanks to the new State Park. The trestle was torn down in 1937, a year after the spur was abandoned. The coal was then loaded and shipped by sail freighter to Canada and Ice was harvested from the bay and shipped back by rail to New York City. The railroad also carried coal up from Athens, Pennsylvania to a 1500 foot wooden trestle built on the east shore of Little Sodus Bay. Summer tourists arrived by rail from Auburn and other inland towns to enjoy the parks on the waterfront.which were known for having the very best sand beaches on Lake Ontario. The Southern Central Railroad served Fair Haven, from 1872 until 1887 when it was absorbed by the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Sometime later an inner lighthouse was added. ![]() The west pier was later marked with a wooden outer lighthouse with a fourth order Fresnel lens and in 1873 a light keepers house was built on shore which still stands. The openings in the sand bars on Little Sodus Bay were widened and protected by jetties in the middle of the 19th century, thus improving the shipping capabilities of Fair Haven. The village first gained prominence as a port on the south shore of Lake Ontario. The village is on Little Sodus Bay, an arm of Lake Ontario. Fair Haven is within the town of Sterling and is northwest of Syracuse. As of the 2020 census, its population was 760. Fair Haven is a village located on the southern shore of Lake Ontario in Cayuga County, New York, United States. ![]()
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