Doubleday Field – Cooperstown NY

City:
Cooperstown, NY

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Stadiums

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Description

“The grounds have been used for baseball since 1920, on what was Elihu Phinney’s farm. A wooden grandstand was built in 1924, later replaced by a steel and concrete grandstand built in 1939 by the Works Project Administration.”

Source notes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubleday_Field

Location Info


1 Doubleday Court
Cooperstown, NY 13326

Coordinates: 42.6997515, -74.92616

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