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The Horticulture Building was a building at the Dakota County Fairgrounds in
The Horticulture Building was a building at the Dakota County Fairgrounds in Farmington, Minnesota
Farmington is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 23,632 at the 2020 census. It is a part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area.
History
Settlers began arriving in Empire Township, in which Farmingto ...
, United States. It was built in 1918 and demolished in 1988.
Dakota County Fair
The Dakota County Fair began in 1858 when the Dakota County Agricultural Society was organized. Henry H. Sibley, the first governor of the state ofMinnesota
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, was guest speaker at the first fair which was held in Nininger Nininger can refer to:
;People
* Alexander R. Nininger, recipient of the Medal of Honor
* Harvey H. Nininger, meteorite collector
;Place names
In the United States:
* Nininger, Minnesota
Nininger is a ghost town in section 18 of Nininger Tow ...
. The fair moved to Hastings
Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England,
east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...
, the county seat, and then to permanent grounds near Farmington
Farmington may refer to:
Places Canada
*Farmington, British Columbia
* Farmington, Nova Scotia (disambiguation)
United States
*Farmington, Arkansas
*Farmington, California
*Farmington, Connecticut
*Farmington, Delaware
* Farmington, Georgia
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in 1918.
The Horticulture Building
When the permanent fairgrounds were established in 1918, one of the first structures built was the Horticulture Building. The building, designed and built by C. S. Lewis, had a central section flanked by two 40-footwings
A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Accordingly, wings have streamlined cross-sections that are subject to aerodynamic forces and act as airfoils. A wing's aerodynamic efficiency is expre ...
. The central section was topped by a wooden octagonal dome
A dome () is an architectural element similar to the hollow upper half of a sphere. There is significant overlap with the term cupola, which may also refer to a dome or a structure on top of a dome. The precise definition of a dome has been a m ...
which was painted silver. The building was constructed of wood and red clay tiles, and was considered an example of early twentieth-century fairgrounds architecture. In 1980, the Horticulture Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
.
By 1984, the dome had begun to lean to one side and it was feared that it could blow over in a storm. County fair officials decided that the cost of restoration would be too high and the building was razed in 1988. A replacement building was constructed and the old dome was turned into a gazebo
A gazebo is a pavilion structure, sometimes octagonal or turret-shaped, often built in a park, garden or spacious public area. Some are used on occasions as bandstands.
Etymology
The etymology given by Oxford Dictionaries is "Mid 18th c ...
on the fairgrounds.
In 1993, the Exhibition Hall was removed from the National Register of Historic Places.
See also
*National Register of Historic Places listings in Dakota County, Minnesota
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Dakota County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Dakota County, Minnesota, Unite ...
References
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