Bush Stadium

ID: 1727 ~ Source: W.H. Bass Photo Company Collection, Indiana Historical Society ~ Creator: W.H. Bass Photo Company ~ Date: 1960s

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As is typical in baseball field design, the Bush Stadium stands were designed to face northeast in order to minimize interference from the summer sun. The stadium could hold 13,000 spectators in the covered grandstands.

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Bush Stadium

By Elena Rippel, Abby Curtin, Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology

Early History Bush Stadium was constructed in 1931 by the Osborn Engineering Company, the firm responsible for several famous ballparks including Cleveland’s League Park, Boston’s Fenway Park, and New York’s Yankee Stadium. Local architects added…