Wendy Faulconer couldn’t accept the condition of the sleeping rooms on the upper floor of the Historic Administration Building on the Missouri State Fairgrounds.
“I’m interested in historic preservation, and seeing the condition of those rooms, that was disturbing to me,” said Faulconer, executive director of the Missouri State Fair Foundation, which has office space on the building’s main floor.
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