- City:
- Miami, OK
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Infrastructure and Utilities, Fairgrounds
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
Several substantial structures at the Miami Municipal Fairgrounds were built using native sandstone by the WPA (ca. 1940), including: an eight-foot-tall perimeter wall; a 78′ x 205 fairground grandstand; a wall surrounding the racetrack; a 90′ x 70′ stable, and a 76′ x 178′ exhibit barn.
Source notes
https://www.okhistory.org/shpo/wpa/wpa3ottawa.pdf (accessed Mar. 2018)
Miami Daily News-Record articles
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 4, 2018.
Additional contributions by Charles Swaney.
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