Essex County Fairgrounds Explained

Essex County Fairgrounds
Location:3 Sisco St., Westport, New York
Coordinates:44.1864°N -73.4489°W
Built:1881
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:September 7, 2005
Refnum:05000993

Essex County Fairgrounds is a historic county fair located at Westport in Essex County, New York. The fairgrounds include 15 contributing buildings, one contributing site, and seven contributing structures. Four of these, the Grandstand, Judge's Stand, Floral Hall, and Racetrack, were among the original resources on the site when the fair opened in 1885. The Cooperative Extension Building was built about 1923 and is a two-story, rectangular, Colonial Revival style building with an octagonal cupola.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Essex County Fairgrounds. March 2004. 2010-07-14 . Steven C. Engelhart. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying 27 photos.