Clipping:New Phillies Huntingdon park
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| Date | Wednesday, August 4, 1886 |
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| Text | The Philadelphia Club management have just entered into a contract with Joseph Bird, the well-known builder, for the erection of the grand stand, or pavilion, on their new grounds at Broad and Huntingdon streets. After much time spent in selecting plans, submitted by various architects, those finally prepared by Doery & Keerl, architects and civil engineers, have been approved. These plans are very elaborate, and include a grand stand, or pavilion, with solid brick walls on a foundation of stone, with iron columns and iron truss roof, surmounted by private boxes of the most approved style and gothic turrets. The structure will be of the most enduring and permanent character, and entirely different from the style heretofore prevalent on ball grounds. … Contracts for open seats, fences, grading, sodding, drainage, etc., will be given out in September, the cause of this delay being that the hollow on the northwest end of the ground is not yet filled up. About 50,000 loads of dirt have been dumped since the beginning of the year, and about 200 loads daily are being dumped in the hollow, yet it will require from 5,000 to 7,000 more loads to bring it to the proper level, which will be accomplished, it is hoped, in a few weeks. The cost of all improvements will aggregate about $55,000. The Sporting Life August 4, 1886 The directors of the club will probably purchase the grounds before the opening of the next season. They have the refusal of the block at $100,000 for ten years, the price being advanced $10,000 every two years. The Philadelphia Times August 1, 1886 |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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