North Bethesda in Montgomery County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Miller & Long Grandstand
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 29, 2022
1. Miller & Long Grandstand Marker
Inscription.
Miller and Long Grandstand. . Shirley Povich Field was built as a result of a community partnership that involved a Herculean effort by members of the local building industry in the winter and spring of 1999. This grandstand is named for Miller and Long Co., Inc., a concrete construction company in Bethesda, Maryland, in recognition of the extraordinary community contribution of the firm led by John McMahon and Tom May. The Bethesda Community Base Ball Club is indebted to Phil Leibovitz and the entire team at Sandy Spring Builders LLC for Homes. We also wish to recognize he outstanding contributions of our architect, Alan Sparber AIA and Associates, and our mentor on ballpark construction, Peter Kirk of Maryland Baseball LP/Baysox, Keys, Shorebirds. In addition, the firms listed below helped make Shirley Povich Field possible, and we are grateful to them.
Shirley Povich Field was built as a result of a community partnership that involved a Herculean effort by members of the local building industry in the winter and spring of 1999. This grandstand is named for Miller & Long Co., Inc., a concrete construction company in Bethesda, Maryland, in recognition of the extraordinary community contribution of the firm led by John McMahon and Tom May. The Bethesda Community Base Ball Club is indebted to Phil Leibovitz and the entire team at Sandy Spring Builders LLC for Homes. We also wish to recognize he outstanding contributions of our architect, Alan Sparber AIA and Associates, and our mentor on ballpark construction, Peter Kirk of Maryland Baseball LP/Baysox, Keys, Shorebirds. In addition, the firms listed below helped make Shirley Povich Field possible, and we are grateful to them.
Location. 39° 1.859′ N, 77° 8.997′ W. Marker is in North Bethesda, Maryland,
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in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Westlake Drive 0.4 miles north of Westlake Terrace, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10600 Westlake Dr, Bethesda MD 20817, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Joe Branzell (was a few steps from this marker but has been confirmed missing).
Credits. This page was last revised on May 31, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 31, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 432 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on May 31, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
