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001520350 245__ $$aBosse Field in Evansville, Indiana
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001520350 520__ $$aEntrance to Bosse Athletic Field Stadium, ""the first municipally owned league base ball park in the world."" Built in 1915, Bosse Field is the third oldest ballpark still used for professional baseball, with only the 1912 Fenway Park and the 1914 Wrigley Field outdating it. 'Benjamin Bosse, mayor of Evansville from 1914 to 1922, reached an agreement with Thomas Garvin's family shortly after taking office in January 1914 to purchase land on the north side of the city for a park. However, the city was in a deficit and could not afford the full $50,000 price. Mayor Bosse conceived of the plan to sell part of the land to the school board who would then build a new stadium to be used for school functions as well as Evansville's baseball team, of which Bosse was a co-owner. When the president of the school board opposed the plan, Bosse had him replaced with a friend, and the new school board both approved the project and also voted to name it Bosse Field in honor of the mayor. Construction was completed the following summer, and Bosse Field opened on June 17, 1915. A Central League record crowd of 8,082 fans attended the stadium dedication and opening game, a 4 to 0 Evansville victory. Evansville was in third place when they moved to Bosse Field, but went on to win the league championship in 1915. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosse_Field) In 1999 many scenes from the movie, A League of Their Own, were filmed here. Today Bosse Field hosts the Evansville Otters baseball team, affiliated with the Frontier League. The original fascade was stucco, as seen here. In the 1930s this was recovered with brick, which is how the building looks today. See https://youtu.be/3TUJH4z_row for a brief but fascinating story of the park.
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