Majors Stadium Entry (former) – Greenville TX

City:
Greenville, TX

Site Type:
Stadiums, Parks and Recreation

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

Started:
1940

Completed:
1940

Quality of Information:
Minimal

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The state historical marker erected at this site describes the still standing arched entryway to the now demolished Majors Stadium as having been built by the Works Progress Administration in 1940.

Source notes

Details for Site of Phillips Field/Majors Stadium
(https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details/5231013142), accessed July 8, 2018.

Hunt County Historical Marker Inscriptions: (https://huntcohc.org/marker1.htm), accessed  July 9, 2018.

Site originally submitted by Larry Moore on July 9, 2018.

Location Info


Houston and Blades Streets
Greenville, TX Hunt County

Location notes: Near the intersection of Houston Street and Blades Street in northeast Greenville (between Jordan & Henry Streets).

Coordinates: 33.141124, -96.102144

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