Volunteers of the Dorcas Society of Hollis and Buxton are revving up this week for a fair, lawn party and car show on Saturday at Tory Hill, intersection of route 202 and 112 in Buxton.

With free admission, the event, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 20, will be hosted at the historic Royal Brewster mansion, owned by Richard “Sandy” and Beverly Atkinson.

“We’re working awful hard at it this year,” Beverly Atkinson said about organizing the longtime event.

Famed children’s author Kate Douglas Wiggin founded the society, a charitable group, in 1897. Beverly Atkinson praised Catherine Lamson, society vice president, as an instrumental member of the committee organizing this year’s fair.

This year’s rendition features food, a Revolutionary War encampment, music, vendor booths, crafts and vintage vehicles.

“We’re having our car show again,” said Carla Turner, society president.

The cars will be displayed behind the Brewster barn. Richard Atkinson said Tuesday the show is shaping up.

“We’re expecting 60 to 70,” he said, and added the oldest car could be a 1929 Studebaker.

Beverly Atkinson called 2016 a transitional year. Fairs in recent years were for the most part held on the lawn at the nearby Tory Hill Church. The fair was also previously scheduled in conjunction with the former town-sponsored Buxton Community Days, scaled back last year and not being held this year.

So, the Dorcas Society fair goes it alone this year.

“We think it is pretty important for the people to have a place to go,” Beverly Atkinson said.

Some crafters and the Revolutionary War encampment – with re-enactors dressed in period garb and armed with muskets and cannons  – will be set up at Helen Bruce Park in front of the mansion. Other vendors will set up on the mansion property.

Among them is a Maine-based professional silhouette artist, Ruth Monsell, who will be offering freehand cut profiles for the first time in five years. Monsell, of Artful Heirlooms, can do portraits of babies, children, adults and pets from a 5-minute live sitting or a clear, close-up profile photo. Monsell has been doing silhouettes since 1978 and, she says, is one of only about 20 professional silhouettists in the country.

The Brewster barn, which has been part of the fair for 25 years, will be open and will be the site of ice cream sales, door prizes and a Tory Hill Church booth. The barn, with seating available, also will serve as an oasis from the sun and hot weather.

Behind the barn, fairgoers will find additional booths and plentiful treats – sandwiches, hamburgers and hot dogs.

“There’s some good food,” Beverly Atkinson said.

Phil Ridley, the Atkinsons’ son-in-law, will be the DJ spinning the music at the car show. Ridley has 100 car songs that will rekindle some old memories for vintage car enthusiasts.

Free parking for fairgoers will be in the church area and roadside.

Organizers are hoping the weather cooperates for a good turnout.

“All we need is the people,” Beverly Atkinson said.

The Brewster mansion at the intersection of routes 202 and 112 in Buxton is hosting the fair and car show sponsored by the Dorcas Society of Hollis and Buxton 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 20.

The Brewster mansion and barn at the intersection of routes 112 and 202 in Buxton is hosting the fair and car show sponsored by the Dorcas Society of Hollis and Buxton on Saturday, Aug. 20. Admission is free.