Hinchliffe Stadium, a former Negro league baseball park

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Hinchliffe Stadium is a historic sports venue in Paterson, New Jersey, renowned as one of the few surviving ballparks that hosted Negro league baseball games.

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instanceOf Negro league baseball ballpark
baseball stadium
historic place
sports venue
addedTo National Register of Historic Places
alsoUsedFor auto racing
boxing
community events
concerts
football
track and field
architecturalStyle Art Deco
builtDuring Great Depression
capacity approximately 10,000
category Negro league baseball venues
cityServed Paterson Public Schools athletics
closedForEvents 1997
conditionAfterClosure deteriorated
constructionStart 1931
country United States of America
surface form: United States
currentUse community events
high school sports
minor league baseball
designatedAs National Historic Landmark
hostedAthlete Josh Gibson
Larry Doby
Monte Irvin
Satchel Paige
hostedLeague Negro American League
Negro National League
hostedTeam New York Black Yankees
New York Cubans
Newark Eagles
locatedIn Passaic County, New Jersey
location Paterson, New Jersey
namedAfter John V. Hinchliffe NERFINISHED
NHLDesignationDate 2013
NRHPListingDate 2004
opened 1932
ownedBy Paterson, New Jersey
surface form: City of Paterson
partOf Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
surface form: Great Falls National Historical Park (adjacent cultural landscape)
primaryUse baseball
recognizedBy National Park Service
reopened 2023
significance important site in African American sports history
one of the few surviving Negro league ballparks
subjectOf preservation efforts
surface artificial turf
underwent restoration

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Paterson, New Jersey hasSportsVenue Hinchliffe Stadium, a former Negro league baseball park