NW corner Jct. of Blue Ridge Rd. and Hillsborough St., Raleigh, North Carolina. County/parish: Wake.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 05, 1987. NRIS 87000855.
2 contributing buildings.
The North Carolina State Fair is an American state fair and agricultural exposition held annually in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1853, the fair is organized by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. It attracts around a million visitors over eleven days in mid-October.
The fair consists of carnival rides, agricultural exhibitions and competitions, food, music, demonstrations, and garden and craft displays. The North Carolina State Fair is one of the largest and oldest state fairs in the United States.
Security guards, the Raleigh Police, the Wake County Sheriff's Office & North Carolina State Highway Patrol are the fair's patrollers.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722507