Contributed by Penobscot Marine Museum
Description
This building on Elm Street and the small ticket window building in front were at the main entrance to the Topsham Fairgrounds on Elm Street, next to the Purington House.
The first Topsham Fair, initially the Sagadahoc Horticultural and Agricultural Society Fair, was held in 1855.
In the background was the grandstand constructed in 1864, which received the National Register of Historic Places designation in 1992 and as of 2021 is the oldest such structure surviving in the State of Maine.
The building at the entrance was removed in the early 1960s and a new race entrance and tunnel were constructed.
Visible in the foreground was an early water trough that was converted to a flower bed and remained tended by the Topsham Garden Club as of 2021. It was placed at the entrance to the train station, with its twin located by the school at 22 Elm Street.
About This Item
- Title: Fair House, Topsham, ca. 1910
- Creator: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Creation Date: circa 1910
- Subject Date: circa 1910
- Location: Topsham, Sagadahoc County, ME
- Media: Glass Plate Negative
- Dimensions: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm
- Local Code: LB2008.19.115994
- Collection: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Object Type: Image
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