Boston's Fenway Park History and Seating
Generations of baseball fans have come and gone but Fenway Park remains pretty much like it did the day it was opened to
fans on April 20, 1912.
Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox over the years has had countless legendary baseball players grace its confines.
Cy Young, Babe Ruth, Jimmy Collins, Duffy Lewis, Tris Speaker, Harry Hooper, Joe Cronin, Bobby Doerr, Johnny Pesky, Ted
Williams, Jimmie Foxx, are just a few of the great ball players to play here.
Left field had a steep ten foot embankment in front of the wall where fans were permitted to sit. Boston Red Sox player
Duffy Lewis was so skilled at fielding balls hit to the ledge area that it became known as Duffy's Cliff.
Fenway Park was designed by architects Osborn Engineering and construction of this famous ballpark was performed by
James McLaughlan Construction Company at a cost of $650,000. In January of 1934, a fire destroyed a large portion of
Fenway Park. Osborn Engineering and James McLaughlan Construction were brought in once again to make $575,000 in repairs.
The wooden grandstands were replaced with steel and concrete. The seats were and still are made of solid oak.
