April 18, 1994
Hadlock Field, home of the Portland Sea Dogs Triple-A baseball team, opened. Its seating capacity is now 7,368.
$900
The cost to build the skaters’ “waiting room,” better known as the Castle, in Deering Oaks. The building was designed by Portland architect Frederick A. Tompson in 1894.
April 11, 1897
The first Mass was celebrated at the Church of the Sacred Heart on Mellen Street. The site was the chapel, since the church was not fully built. (portlandcatholic.org)
260 acres
Size of the Nathaniel Deering farm (est. 1761). From it, 55-acre Deering Oaks Park was created, beginning in 1879. (tclf.org/landscapes/deering-oaks)
To market, to market
A farmers market is held from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday, April through November, at Deering Oaks. (portlandkidscalendar.com)
Edson B. Hadlock, Jr.
The Sea Dogs stadium’s name honors the man who taught physics, coached Portland High baseball from 1950-1978, and is in the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame. (wiki; baseballpilgrimages.com)
$80,944
The cost of building The Expo, also designed by Frederick Tompson, in 1914. Today, it’s the home court of Boston Celtics affiliate the Maine Red Claws.
Historic blocks
A portion of Parkside, bordered by High, State and Mellen streets and Park Avenue, is in the Deering Street Historic District. (portlandmaine.gov)
Standing since 1924
“The Hiker” statue in Deering Oaks “commemorates the American soldiers who fought in the Spanish-American War, the Boxer Rebellion and the Filipino-American War.” (publicartportland.org)
2 million a year
Number of potato doughnuts handmade by the Holy Donut, which opened on Park Avenue in 2012 and has expanded to two more locations. (theholydonut.com)

On the Market in and around Parkside


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