Hemlock Fairground
Hemlock Fairground is a national historic district and fairground located at Hemlock in Livingston County, New York. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
Overview
The fairground historic district covers with five contributing buildings and one contributing object, the racetrack. There are two clusters of buildings near the racetrack. One cluster consists of the grandstand and livestock sheds located along the perimeter of the track at the southwest corner of the site. The second cluster consists of exhibition buildings located east of the track.Events
Hemlock "''Little World's''" Fair
Each summer during the last week of July, the grounds host a variety of family entertainment, including horse racing, demolition derbies, 4-H exhibitions, a midway from Gillette Shows with games and rides for children of all ages, a petting zoo, food stands, a horse pull, racing pigs, talent show, quilt show, and nightly entertainment in the Festival Building. Evening grandstand events feature such high-powered thrills as demolition derbies, tractor pulls, and monster trucks.There’s also a historic element to the fair with its collection of artifacts in the fair’s Heritage Museum, a working sawmill, and a historic grandstand.