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Originally Posted by Garlon
I decided to do an audit of all of the ballparks that we have from the 19th century to see what ballparks have yet to be completed. Some of these may actually exist in other threads and some may be redundant ballparks that were used by other teams in the 19th century that were already made but and I just missed them in the audit. Please let me know if any of these that have been made and where to find them.
The most significant of these is perhaps Boundary Field 1891-1899.
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I just wanted to briefly jump in here to address Boundary Field.
After the Washington NL team was contracted in 1899, nobody played here in 1900, but then the NL leased the park 1901-1903 to prevent the AL Senators from playing there. Once the AL and NL made peace, the Sentaors moved back in. So, Boundary Field was located at the same location as Washington's American League Park (II) from 1904-1910, which Silvam put
here.
It's not clear to me whether the parks looked the same or not. But after a more-than-cursory online search, I can't find any depiction of the park in the 1891-1899 period, including on maps. The Washington DC atlases that I can find online for the 1891-1899 period just have an empty lot at the ballpark location, so there's no real hint for what that park might look like.
So, I'd suggest that unless something comes up after further research, the best choice is to use the 1904-1910 American League Park as a reasonably historical (and perhaps very historical) stand-in for Boundary Field.
I think at least one of the other parks listed is also accounted for here, but I want to give the list a look for real to give a comprehensive list of what's missing...