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La Plata County Fairgrounds

La Plata County

The fairground complex was the largest Great Depression era Works Progress Administration architectural project in Durango.  The site served as a fairground since the late 1800s. 

A black and white photo of the grounds with ringed pen on the bottom right with low gabled building on the left and mountains in the background.

La Plata County Fairgrounds

In May 1999, the stone front entrance gate and ticket booth were dismantled and re-built at the southwest corner of the property.  By October of that same year, the two stone buildings that comprised stall row were demolished.  The demolition of the stone grandstand and the small adjacent ticket booth were completed by June 2000.