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Additional Points of Interest

  • Take a look at the restored murals in the Post Office lobby (built 1929) at the corner of West Broadway and 2nd Street.
  • The first and second Iowa State Fairs were held in Fairfield in 1854 and 1855. A stone marker on the corner of 4th Street and Grimes Avenue tells the story. William Louden attended as a boy. Click here to read the plaque.

    Fairgrounds Marker
  • Another stone marker in the southwest corner of the Fairfield Square tells about the 1954 recreated one-hundreth anniversary wagon train, which traveled from the original Iowa State Fair site to the present fair site in Des Moines.
  • There are many Maharishi Sthapatya Veda designed houses in and around Fairfield, and in Maharishi Vedic City. See http://www.vedahouse.com/tour.html for more information. No maps are currently available.
  • For those interested in World War II machinery, you can see vintage Dodge Power Wagons at 302 S. 7th Street (on Washington Ave. between 6th and 9th Streets).
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