Iowa State Fairgrounds

	Iowa State Fair and Exposition Grounds Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Grandstand
Location	East 30th Street and Grand Avenue; Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Coordinates	41°35′43″N 93°32′58″W / 41.59528°N 93.54944°W
Area	313 acres (127 ha)
Architect	Various
NRHP reference No.	87000014
Added to NRHP	September 14, 1987

The Iowa State Fairgrounds is located on the east side of Des Moines, Iowa. It annually hosts the Iowa State Fair in late summer. The state fair was begun in Iowa in 1854 and the current fairgrounds were established in 1886. The fairgrounds were listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 as the Iowa State Fair and Exposition Grounds.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[1]