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Historic American Buildings Survey,
Engineering Record, Landscapes Survey
View photos from this survey. (Some may not be online).
Rickwood Field, 1137 Second Avenue West, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL
- Title: Rickwood Field, 1137 Second Avenue West, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL
- Other Title: Birmingham Industrial District
- Creator(s): Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
- Related Names:
Southern Association
Southern League
Negro Leagues
Birmingham Black Barons
Birmingham Barons
Southeastern Engineering Company
Denham, VanKeuren & Denham
Paul Wright & Co.
Woodward, A.H. "Rick"
Birmingham Baseball Association
Norton, Ed
Cincinnati Reds
Jebeles, G J
DeMent, Al
Belcher, Albert
Lackey, Rufus
City of Birmingham
Finley, Charlie
Clarkson, Art
Birmingham Board of Education
Truscon Steel Company
Dugout Restaurant
National Negro League
Southern Negro League
Lavoie, Catherine C , transmitter
Klugh, Terra , transmitter
White, John P , project manager
Williams, Thomas W , field team supervisor
Bacus, John , field team
Schmidt, Barbara , field team
Simon, W Greg , field team
Damle, Hemant S , historian
Lowe, Jet , photographer
Birmingham Historical Society , sponsor - Date Created/Published: Documentation compiled after 1933
- Medium:
Photo(s): 28
Measured Drawing(s): 22
Data Page(s): 58
Photo Caption Page(s): 2 - Reproduction Number: ---
- Rights Advisory:
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html)
- Call Number: HABS ALA,37-BIRM,5-
- Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
- Notes:
- Significance: Erected in 1910, the original concrete and steel grandstand at Rickwood Field is the oldest baseball grandstand on the same site in the United States. The grandstand forms the core of an historic ballpark which includes a 1928 Mission-style entryway and other subsequent additions. Modeled after Pittsburgh's Forbes Field, Rickwood is one of the few grandstands which remain as a testament to the now classic early twentieth-century style of ballpark construction. The stadium was built by local industrialist A.H. "Rick" Woodward, III for his Birmingham Barons baseball club, and was also home to the Birmingham Black Barons, and the Oakland A's farm teams. As a center for leisure-time activity, the field was an important social and cultural institution in this southern industrial city from the 1910s through the 1970s. Playing in the Southern Association and later the Southern League, Birmingham's Minor League franchises won nine pennants during their tenure at Rickwood Field. Each era produced its own memorable games and favorite players for the community at large. Rickwood Field holds a place in the heart for the baseball buff and casual fan alike. In 1920 the Birmingham Black Barons began playing in the Negro Leagues and Rickwood rapidly became the jewel of southern Black baseball. The field served as a central gathering place for Birmingham's Black community as they watched stars like Mules Suttles, Satchel Paige, and Willie Mays fine tune the skills that would launch them into stardom. The Black Barons reached the Negro League World Series three times in the 1940s and continued playing at Rickwood -alternating field time with the (white) Barons -until 1963. Like all social institutions in Birmingham prior to 1964 Rickwood remained racially segregated in the stands and on the field. The Barons continued to attract large crowds before folding their club in the face of integration prior to the 1962 season. Integrated professional baseball resumed at Rickwood in 1964 and continued off and on through 1987 when the Birmingham Barons moved to a suburban location. In the 1920s facilities at Rickwood were enlarged with major additions to the grandstand and the construction of a new entryway, as well as the erection of a drop-in scoreboard in left field (no longer extant). Light towers were added in 1936, and in the 1940s new fences were built in the outfield reducing Rickwood's mammoth dimensions and allowing more homeruns. Though no longer home to professional baseball, Rickwood is used by the public schools and recreational leagues for baseball games. Efforts are underway to restore Rickwood to its former grandeur and develop museum facilities on site.
- Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N100
- Survey number: HABS AL-897
- Building/structure dates: 1910 Initial Construction
- National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 92001826
- Subjects:
- Place:
- Latitude/Longitude: 33.502631, -86.855662
- Collections:
- Part of: Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
- Bookmark This Record:
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/al0965/
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- Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
- Reproduction Number: ---
- Call Number: HABS ALA,37-BIRM,5-
- Medium:
Photo(s): 28
Measured Drawing(s): 22
Data Page(s): 58
Photo Caption Page(s): 2
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- Call Number: HABS ALA,37-BIRM,5-
- Medium:
Photo(s): 28
Measured Drawing(s): 22
Data Page(s): 58
Photo Caption Page(s): 2
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