Wahconah Park, Pittsfield, MA
Wahconah Park, Pittsfield, MA

Pittsfield,

MA

United States

Wahconah Park

The park is a city-owned baseball stadium situated on the eastern border of Wahconah Park, amid a residential neighborhood in northern Pittsfield. While baseball has been played on the site of Wahconah Park since 1892, the current structure was built in 1919, and is one of the last remaining ballparks in the United States with a wooden grandstand. The grandstand superstructure seats 4,500 spectators and was designed by local architect Joseph McArthur Vance, who also designed Pittsfield’s Masonic Temple, Bascom Lodge on Mount Greylock and the Mahaiwe Theatre in Great Barrington. The view of the outfield from the grandstand is framed by dense thickets of trees located in the parkland beyond. Throughout the park's history, over 200 different Pittsfield players have gone on to play in the Major Leagues. The park is also home to varsity football games for Pittsfield area high schools, and numerous music, theatre, and community events. Significant renovations to the field and grandstand were completed in 2008.

The park was listed in the National Register of Historic places in 2005.

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