Essex County Fairgrounds, Adirondack Park

Name: Essex County Fairgrounds
Address: Adirondack Park, United States

#220 among attractions in Adirondack Park

Colonial revival architecture

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Essex County Fairgrounds, Adirondack Park

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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. ()

Built: 1881 (143 years ago)Coordinates: 44°11'12"N, 73°26'56"W

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Adirondack Park United States

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Essex County Fairgrounds – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Lake View Grange No. 970, First Congregational and Presbyterian Society Church of Westport, Champlain II.

4.6 miE
Specialty museum, Maritime museum, Archaeological museum
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes
117 min walk • With facilities open to the public May through mid-October, the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum is non-profit museum located in Vergennes, Vermont, USA. Its mission is to preserve and share the history and archaeology of Lake Champlain.
0.6 miE
Colonial revival architecture
Lake View Grange No. 970, Westport
15 min walk • Lake View Grange No. 970, also known as the Westport Town Offices and Depew's Roller Rink, is a historic Grange building located at Westport, Essex County, New York.
3.1 miN
Church
First Congregational and Presbyterian Society Church of Westport, Adirondack Park
79 min walk • First Congregational and Presbyterian Society Church of Westport, now known as United Church of Christ of Wadhams, is a historic Congregational church on Main Street/CR 10 in Westport, Essex County, New York.
3.8 miE
Shipwreck
Champlain II
98 min walk • The steamboat Oakes Ames was built in 1868 by the Napoleon B Proctor Shipyard in Burlington, Vermont for the Rutland Railroad. The 244-foot paddle wheeler was designed to ferry railroad cars from Burlington across Lake Champlain to Plattsburgh, New York.
4.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Little River State Park
106 min walk • Little River State Park is a campground state park on the 850-acre Waterbury Reservoir in Waterbury, Vermont. It is located in Mount Mansfield State Forest.
2.7 miSE
Neighbourhood
Camp Dudley Road Historic District
70 min walk • Camp Dudley Road Historic District is a national historic district located at Westport, in Essex County, New York. The district contains 131 contributing buildings, one contributing site, and one contributing structure.