The BASEBALL RELIQUARY Inc.
GILMORE FIELD MODEL
Gilmore Field, on Beverly Boulevard near the
intersection of Beverly and Fairfax in Hollywood,
California, opened on May 2, 1939 and was the home of
the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League until
September 5, 1957. An intimate stadium with seating
capacity of 12,987, it was named after Earl Gilmore, an
oil tycoon who owned the site and whose construction
company built the ballpark. A couple hundred yards to
the west was Gilmore Stadium, an oval-shaped venue built
several years earlier, which was used for football games
and midget auto racing. Gilmore Field was razed in 1958,
and much of the site is now occupied by a parking lot at
CBS Television City, near the Farmers Market. In
September of 1997, the Pacific Coast League Historical
Society, CBS, and the A.F. Gilmore Company dedicated a
bronze plaque in commemoration of Gilmore Field on a
wall outside CBS Studio 46.
Photos courtesy of Larry Goren |