Fairgrounds Ghost - Okmulgee, OK
Posted by: 
hamquilter
N 35° 38.239 W 095° 58.507
15S E 230598 N 3947800
A reminder of days gone by when this building was part of the Fairgrounds complex.
Waymark Code: WMBJPB
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/27/2011
Views: 2
At the corner of Lagonda St. and Okmulgee Avenue, north of town, this native stone building was a WPA project, completed in April 1942. It served as a livestock exposition building and was first used at the Okmulgee County Free Fair on September 23-26, 1942. This area was used as the local fairgrounds until the 1970s.
This is a large arena building, with the interior consisting of one large expanse. On the west side of the building, you can faintly read "OKMULGEE COUNTY FREE FAIR ARENA". It's an interesting ghost because it is not made of faded painted letters. What you see is an outline of where the letters used to be.
This building was placed on the National Register in 1999 (#98001590).
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