Railroads and Lookouts – Chattanooga’s Historic Engel Stadium

The sign for the Engel Stadium

Engel Stadium is located at 1130 East Third Street in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The ballpark is the former home of the Chattanooga Lookouts. Engel Stadium was built on the site of the Lookout’s prior home, Andrew Field. In 1910, the franchise moved from Little Rock Arkansas to Chattanooga and in 1911 began playing their home games…

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Gus Greenlee’s Field In Pittsburgh’s Hill District

A street sign near Gus Greenlee's Field

Greenlee Field was located at the intersection of Bedford Avenue and Junilla Street in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. From 1932 until 1938 it was the home of the Pittsburgh Crawfords of the Negro National League (the Crawfords joined the NNL in 1933). Greenlee Field is important not just because it was the home…

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Paterson New Jersey’s Hinchliffe Stadium – A Diamond In The Rough

Hinchliffe Stadium is located at the intersection of Liberty Street and Maple Street in Paterson, New Jersey. The ballpark is set directly behind Paterson Public School No. 5, located at 430 Totowa Avenue, just three blocks northeast of the entrance on Maple Street to Paterson Great Falls National Historic Park. Hinchliffe Stadium is named after…

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Louisville’s Parkway Field and Cardinal Stadium

Parkway Field was located at the intersection of Eastern Parkway and South Brook Street in Louisville, Kentucky. Constructed in 1923 on land purchased from the University of Louisville, Parkway Field was the home ballpark of the Minor League American Association Louisville Colonels from 1923 until 1956. An earlier incarnation of the American Association Louisville Colonels played…

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