Penmar Park was a stadium in West Philadelphia built by the Pennsylvania Railroad YMCA. It was the home of the Pennsylvania Railroad YMCA of Philadelphia football club, often called the "Railroaders", from 1903 through 1905, and the Philadelphia Stars Negro league baseball club from 1936 until 1952. The field was also used as a multi-sport athletic field by the local community. For example, the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy held 1906 Commencement Week "Athletic Games" at the field.

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  • 1903-05-02 (xsd:date)
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  • 1903-05-02 (xsd:date)
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  • Penmar Park was a stadium in West Philadelphia built by the Pennsylvania Railroad YMCA. It was the home of the Pennsylvania Railroad YMCA of Philadelphia football club, often called the "Railroaders", from 1903 through 1905, and the Philadelphia Stars Negro league baseball club from 1936 until 1952. The field was also used as a multi-sport athletic field by the local community. For example, the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy held 1906 Commencement Week "Athletic Games" at the field. Stars co-owner Eddie Gottlieb organized a semi-professional baseball team called the "All-Phillies" which played at the field in its later years. The field first opened on May 3, 1903. The ballpark itself was erected in the 1920s. Lights were added in 1933 to allow for night games. Behind the park's right-field fence stood the roundhouse of the main yard of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Stars player Stanley Glenn would later recount how smoke and soot from the coal-powered trains would waft into the ballpark. Glenn recalls that the Stars would often stop their games until the smoke had cleared from the field. Players recalled the field being rarely manicured resulting in the grass growing high. Ballpark capacity is said to have been 5,000 to 6,000 people. Overflow crowds would bring attendance up to 10,000.
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  • Left - 330 ft. Center - 410 ft. Right - 310 ft.
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  • 1920s
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  • Athletic Field of the Pennsylvania Railroad Y.M.C.A. Parkside Field Bolden Bowl
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  • Southwest corner, 44th and Parkside Avenues Philadelphia, PA 19104 United States
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  • 44th and Parkside Ballpark
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  • May 2, 1903
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  • 6000 (xsd:integer)
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  • Penmar Park
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  • grass
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  • Pennsylvania Railroad YMCA of Philadelphia, 1903-1905
    Philadelphia Stars, 1934-1949
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  • Penmar Park was a stadium in West Philadelphia built by the Pennsylvania Railroad YMCA. It was the home of the Pennsylvania Railroad YMCA of Philadelphia football club, often called the "Railroaders", from 1903 through 1905, and the Philadelphia Stars Negro league baseball club from 1936 until 1952. The field was also used as a multi-sport athletic field by the local community. For example, the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy held 1906 Commencement Week "Athletic Games" at the field.
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  • Penmar Park
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  • 44th and Parkside Ballpark
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