Old State Fair Grounds
This square is part of the tract where state fairs were held 1856-61, 1869-1903. The buildings, used 1861-65 for Confederate barracks and hospital, as well as nitre and mining bureau in charge of Joseph LeConte and James Woodrow, were burned by Union troops in 1865.
Marker is on Elmwood Avenue (U.S. 76), on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
