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==Wayne County Fairgrounds Buildings & Structures==
 
==Wayne County Fairgrounds Buildings & Structures==
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*  Floral Hall
 
*  Mechanic's Hall
 
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*  1850-1857 {{Address | number=408 | street=N. Bever St. | city=Wooster | state=Ohio | zip=44691 | categorize=true | primary=false | township=Wooster }}
 
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*  {{Address | number=199 | street=Vanover St. | city=Wooster | state=Ohio | zip=44691 | categorize=true | primary=true | township=Wooster }}
 
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*  2015 - "Ohio's Foremost Agricultural Fair"
 
*  2015 - "Ohio's Foremost Agricultural Fair"
  
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*  1849 - [[Wayne County Agricultural Society]] privately organized a fairgrounds in Wayne County. Location in the area north of [[McIntire Funeral Home]] between [[Buckeye St., Wooster, Ohio|Buckeye St.]] and [[Bever St., Wooster, Ohio|Bever St.]]. The midway was where the [[408 N. Bever St., Wooster, Ohio|Herman Freedlander/William Older house stands at 408 N. Bever St.]]
 
*  1849 - [[Wayne County Agricultural Society]] privately organized a fairgrounds in Wayne County. Location in the area north of [[McIntire Funeral Home]] between [[Buckeye St., Wooster, Ohio|Buckeye St.]] and [[Bever St., Wooster, Ohio|Bever St.]]. The midway was where the [[408 N. Bever St., Wooster, Ohio|Herman Freedlander/William Older house stands at 408 N. Bever St.]]
 
*  1862 - March 31, New fair location, [[Quinby Ave., Wooster, Ohio|Quinby Ave.]] just north of the old high school.
 
*  1862 - March 31, New fair location, [[Quinby Ave., Wooster, Ohio|Quinby Ave.]] just north of the old high school.
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*  1887 - Present fair location
 
*  1887 - Present fair location
 
*  1950 - [[Race Horse Barn (21)|Race Horse Barn (21)]] Fire <ref>"Fire Threatens Ground Horse Barns". ''Daily record''. Wooster, Ohio. 09 Sep 1950. </ref>
 
*  1950 - [[Race Horse Barn (21)|Race Horse Barn (21)]] Fire <ref>"Fire Threatens Ground Horse Barns". ''Daily record''. Wooster, Ohio. 09 Sep 1950. </ref>
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*  2009 - August 30, New private parking lot added at the western entrance on West Old Lincoln Way for about 50 cars. Fair Secretary said the fair board purchased the property, which included a house under foreclosure for $44,000 to add more parking. The property was owned since February, house demolished in March and cut down all of the trees. Parking spot can be purchased for $60 for the entire week of the fair. [[Stout Excavating]] leveled the property and [[Shallenberger Construction]] developed the land for use. <ref>{{Surname|Schaaf}}, Bryan. "New, paid parking lot ready". ''Daily Record''. Wooster, Ohio. 30 Aug 2009.</ref>
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*  2009 - August 30, New private parking lot added at the western entrance on West Old Lincoln Way for about 50 cars. Fair Secretary said the fair board purchased the property, which included a house under foreclosure for $44,000 to add more parking. The property was owned since February, house demolished in March and cut down all of the trees. Parking spot can be purchased for $60 for the entire week of the fair. [[Stout Excavating]] leveled the property and [[Shallenberger Construction]] developed the land for use. <ref>Schaaf, Bryan. "New, paid parking lot ready". ''Daily Record''. Wooster, Ohio. 30 Aug 2009.</ref>
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*  2014 - Massive summer project to make the fairgrounds more accessible to everyone. <ref>{{Surname|Locher}}, Paul. "Massive Summer Project Should Make Wayne County Fairgrounds Accessible to All". ''Daily Record''. Wooster, Ohio. 31 Aug 2014. </ref>
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*  2014 - Massive summer project to make the fairgrounds more accessible to everyone. <ref>Locher, Paul. "Massive Summer Project Should Make Wayne County Fairgrounds Accessible to All". ''Daily Record''. Wooster, Ohio. 31 Aug 2014. </ref>
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*  2014 - Grandstand gets work done on the racetrack side with two-way stairs to the upper levels. Leveled the front and built a new retaining wall and additional seating capacity. <ref> {{Surname|Locher}}, Paul. "Wayne County Fair's grandstand to have more seating - Front is leveled and retaining wall built". ''Daily Record''. Wooster, Ohio. 31 Aug 2014.</ref>
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*  2014 - Grandstand gets work done on the racetrack side with two-way stairs to the upper levels. Leveled the front and built a new retaining wall and additional seating capacity. <ref> Locher, Paul. "Wayne County Fair's grandstand to have more seating - Front is leveled and retaining wall built". ''Daily Record''. Wooster, Ohio. 31 Aug 2014.</ref>
 
*  2015 - New asphalt aprons were constructed at each entrance to the barns & buildings to all for improved wheelchair accessibility. New asphalt near restrooms and horse barns for better handicapped accessibility. A 25,000 portable air-conditioned and heated handicapped restroom was on the back-side of the entertainment pavilion. Large ramp constructed for handicapped accessibility to fair secretary's office and Armstrong Building. New concrete pad in front of grandstand provides for more seating for grandstand show while providing a level surface for handicapped members of the audience.<ref>"Wayne County Fairgrounds". ''Daily Record''. Wooster, Ohio. 26 Feb 2015.</ref>
 
*  2015 - New asphalt aprons were constructed at each entrance to the barns & buildings to all for improved wheelchair accessibility. New asphalt near restrooms and horse barns for better handicapped accessibility. A 25,000 portable air-conditioned and heated handicapped restroom was on the back-side of the entertainment pavilion. Large ramp constructed for handicapped accessibility to fair secretary's office and Armstrong Building. New concrete pad in front of grandstand provides for more seating for grandstand show while providing a level surface for handicapped members of the audience.<ref>"Wayne County Fairgrounds". ''Daily Record''. Wooster, Ohio. 26 Feb 2015.</ref>
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The buildings of the old Fair Grounds on North Market St., are being taken down, and the material carried to the new Fair Grounds, one mile west of Wooster. The new grounds have a full force of hands at work. The labor on the track, the fencing, buildings, &c., is immense, but will be all done in time for the Fair.<ref>"Fair Grounds". ''Wayne County Democrat''. Wooster, Ohio. 26 Aug 1869 p. 3 col. 1.</ref>
 
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A spark from an overhead fluorescent light ended in a box of flaming odds and ends in [[Bob's Cheese House]] next to the Grandstand at the [[Wayne County Fair]] on Sunday, resulting in about $1,000 worth of damage, according to Wooster Fire Lieutenant Tom {{Surname|Etter}}.
 
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"The box inside the building caught on fire, and some of the things inside of it, like styrofoam plates, started to melt and some of those caught fire," explained Etter, who said that the box simple contained some various items that fair personnel were in the process of moving in preparation for the fair.
 
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File:Fair WR19170104p2.png|"$2.43 On Hand; Debts Are Paid" <ref>"$2.43 On Hand; Debts Are Paid". ''Wooster Daily Republican''. Wooster, Ohio, 4 Jan 1917, p. 2</ref>.
 
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About
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  • Wayne County Fairgrounds
Recreation
  • Performing Arts / Spectator Sports / and Related Industries
Agriculture
  • Animal Production and Aquaculture
Services
  • Fair
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Founded
  • Date unknown
    Wooster,Ohio
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Location
    • 408 N. Bever St., Wooster, 44691, Ohio
      1859–1878
    • 408 N. Bever St., Wooster, 44691, Ohio
      1850–1857
    • 199 Vanover St., Wooster, 44691, Ohio
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Wayne County Fairgrounds Buildings & Structures

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Former Buildings

  • Floral Hall
  • Mechanic's Hall

Slogans

Slogan

  • 2015 - "Ohio's Foremost Agricultural Fair"
  • 1849 - Wayne County Agricultural Society privately organized a fairgrounds in Wayne County. Location in the area north of McIntire Funeral Home between Buckeye St. and Bever St.. The midway was where the Herman Freedlander/William Older house stands at 408 N. Bever St.
  • 1862 - March 31, New fair location, Quinby Ave. just north of the old high school.
  • 1870 - New fair location, Branstetter Crossing a mile and a half west of Wooster, Ohio
  • 1887 - Present fair location
  • 1950 - Race Horse Barn (21) Fire [1]
  • 2009 - August 30, New private parking lot added at the western entrance on West Old Lincoln Way for about 50 cars. Fair Secretary said the fair board purchased the property, which included a house under foreclosure for $44,000 to add more parking. The property was owned since February, house demolished in March and cut down all of the trees. Parking spot can be purchased for $60 for the entire week of the fair. Stout Excavating leveled the property and Shallenberger Construction developed the land for use. [2]
  • 2014 - Massive summer project to make the fairgrounds more accessible to everyone. [3]
  • 2014 - Grandstand gets work done on the racetrack side with two-way stairs to the upper levels. Leveled the front and built a new retaining wall and additional seating capacity. [4]
  • 2015 - New asphalt aprons were constructed at each entrance to the barns & buildings to all for improved wheelchair accessibility. New asphalt near restrooms and horse barns for better handicapped accessibility. A 25,000 portable air-conditioned and heated handicapped restroom was on the back-side of the entertainment pavilion. Large ramp constructed for handicapped accessibility to fair secretary's office and Armstrong Building. New concrete pad in front of grandstand provides for more seating for grandstand show while providing a level surface for handicapped members of the audience.[5]

External Links

Wayne County, Ohio Fair

  1. ↑ "Fire Threatens Ground Horse Barns". Daily record. Wooster, Ohio. 09 Sep 1950.
  2. ↑ Schaaf, Bryan. "New, paid parking lot ready". Daily Record. Wooster, Ohio. 30 Aug 2009.
  3. ↑ Locher, Paul. "Massive Summer Project Should Make Wayne County Fairgrounds Accessible to All". Daily Record. Wooster, Ohio. 31 Aug 2014.
  4. ↑ Locher, Paul. "Wayne County Fair's grandstand to have more seating - Front is leveled and retaining wall built". Daily Record. Wooster, Ohio. 31 Aug 2014.
  5. ↑ "Wayne County Fairgrounds". Daily Record. Wooster, Ohio. 26 Feb 2015.
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