Hinchliffe Stadium

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball stadium
historic place
sports venue
addedTo National Register of Historic Places
architecturalStyle Art Deco
associatedWith Negro Leagues Baseball Museum initiatives
capacity approximately 10,000
cityServed Paterson public schools
closedForEvents late 1990s
constructedIn early 1930s
country United States of America
surface form: United States
designated National Historic Landmark
eraOfNegroLeaguesUse 1930s
1940s
fellInto disrepair
governingBody Paterson, New Jersey
surface form: City of Paterson government
hasFeature grandstand
running track
scoreboard
hasSeatingType concrete bleachers
hosted Negro League baseball games
hostedTeam New York Black Yankees
New York Cubans
locatedIn Passaic County, New Jersey NERFINISHED
location Paterson, New Jersey
namedAfter John V. Hinchliffe NERFINISHED
near Great Falls of the Passaic River
NHLDesignationYear 2013
NRHPListingYear 2004
opened 1932
ownedBy Paterson, New Jersey
surface form: City of Paterson
partOf Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
primarySurface artificial turf
recognizedBy National Park Service
region Northeastern United States
reopened 2023
significance important site in African American sports history
one of the few surviving Negro League ballparks
rare surviving early 20th-century municipal stadium
underwent restoration
usedFor auto racing
baseball
boxing
concerts
football
high school sports
track and field

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Paterson, New Jersey hasHistoricSite Hinchliffe Stadium
National Trust Historic Sites hasPart Hinchliffe Stadium