Max Yasgur Max Yasgur Max B. Yasgur (December 15, 1919 – February 9, 1973) was an American farmer, best known as the owner of the dairy farm in Bethel, New York, at which the Woodstock Music and Art Fair was held between August 15 and August 18, 1969. Yasgur was born in New York City to Russian Jewish immigrants Samuel and Bella Yasgur. He was raised on the family's farm (where his parents also ran a small hotel) and attended New York University, studying real estate law. By the late 1960s, he was the largest milk producer in Sullivan County, New York.
Cardonald Place Farm its entrance. In 1926, Glasgow Corporation bought the Cardonald estates, including Cardonald Place Farm. They then built the Moulin Circus estate on the grounds of the farm orchard in the 1940s. The steading was used as a Council yard up until around 1992 and had fallen into a state of disrepair. It was sold to a private developer, Hugh Kinnaird, who refurbished the main farmhouse and converted the steading into 3 houses. Nothing remains of the original farmland or orchard. The farm is built in blonde sandstone with crow stepped gables and is a Category C(S) listed building. The main