The sheep center, east of 53rd Street and Harrison Boulevard at 7565 N.W. Oak Creek Drive, will be open to the public for free self-guided tours seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. starting ...

Farmers and 4H-ers bringing their livestock to the fair are excited that the barns are getting upgrades, and the improvements started with the Sheep Barn. The open-air brick building is 109 years old.

The Swine Barn and Cattle Barns will follow. “Everyone really likes the new restrooms,” said Don Hummel who has been superintendent of the Sheep Barn for more than three decades.

The Sheep Barn is just the first project of a $25 million effort to restore the historic and ultra important livestock barns with the Horse Barn on deck for the next renovation effort. The Swine ...