The historic grandstand at Skowhegan Fairgrounds, which was destroyed in an arson fire March 30, 1999. The grandstand dated back to the 1800s.

Ruins of Constitution Hall at Skowhegan Fairgrounds are in the foreground with the destroyed grandstand in the background after a fire March 1999 destroyed three buildings and did $2 million worth of damage at the fairgrounds.

A Skowhegan firefighter walks through the former exhibition hall, Constitution Hall, at the Skowhegan Fairgrounds, which was destroyed by fire March 30, 1999.

Bystanders near the main gate on Park Street look at Skowhegan Fair grandstand area after a fire on March 30, 1999.

Vinyl siding on a Skowhegan home adjacent to the fairgrounds melted from the heat of the fire that destroyed the grandstand, exhibition hall, another building and caused $2 million in damage. Charles Miles of Skowhegan, 19 at the time, confessed two days later.

The grandstand area ticket booths show the damage after a March 30, 1999, fire at the Skowhegan Fairgrounds.