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In 1897, N. H. Gentry of Sedalia persuaded the Missouri Swine Breeders Association to request the Missouri General Assembly to establish a state fair. In 1899, a resolution for the fair was introduced by C.E. Clark. The 2005 Missouri State Fair. The state considered locating the fair in Centralia, Chillicothe, Marshall, Mexico, Moberly, and ...
Located in the district are the separately listed Hotel Bothwell, Building at 217 West Main Street, and Missouri/Sedalia Trust Company. Other notable buildings include the First United Methodist Church (1888-1891), Pettis County Courthouse (1924), Anheuser Busch Bottling Works (c. 1883, 1892), the New Lona Theater (1920), Citizens National Bank ...
Missouri State Fair Speedway is a half-mile (.805 km) dirt oval race track located at the Missouri State Fair grounds in Sedalia, Missouri. The track was built along with the fairgrounds in 1901 as a one-mile (1.6-km) horse racing track. The first auto races were held in 1914 and 1915.
William H. Gentry House, also known as Oak Dale, Cloney Family Farm, and Curry Farm, is a historic home located near Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri. It was built about 1855, and is a two-story, vernacular Greek Revival style brick I-house. It has a central passage plan, two-story rear ell, and features a pedimented, two-story front portico.
The James L. Mathewson Exhibition Center is a publicly owned 3,155-seat multi-purpose arena on the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia, Missouri.Built in 1988, it received its current name in 1994 to honor Missouri Senator James L. Mathewson, who was instrumental in getting support for the State Fair to the General Assembly.
Missouri/Sedalia Trust Company, also known as the Koppen Trust Company, is a historic bank building located at Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri. It was built in 1887, and is a four-story, rectangular Missouri limestone building with Renaissance Revival and Romanesque Revival style design elements. It features a multigable and towered roofline ...
State Fair Community College is part of the Junior College District of Sedalia, which was established on April 5, 1966, to serve 14 counties in west central Missouri. [4] However, due to a lawsuit regarding the legality of community college districts in Missouri, that was not resolved until 1967 by the Missouri Supreme Court , the college's ...
A Sedalia Christmas is a multi-media play written in celebration of the Christmas traditions and celebrations of Sedalia from 1866 to 1969. [51] It was written by Rebecca Imhauser, a Sedalia native. Local actors and actresses [ 52 ] portray Sedalians [ 53 ] and the events that shaped their lives.