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Municipal Fairgrounds Grandstand, Miami, OK

Municipal Fairgrounds Grandstand, Miami, OK

Fairgrounds, Miami, OK

Municipal Fairgrounds Grandstand, Miami, OK

Photo: Charles Swaney © Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2023-05-12

Municipal Fairgrounds Grandstand, Miami, OK

Fairgrounds, Miami, OK

Municipal Fairgrounds Grandstand, Miami, OK

Fairgrounds, Miami, OK

Project type: Parks and Recreation, Fairgrounds, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
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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

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 4, 2018.
Additional contributions by Charles Swaney.

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Location Info

Fairground Rd.
Miami, OK

Coordinates: 36.858889, -94.881095

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