FIRST - Professional Baseball Stadium in Toronto
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stinger503
N 43° 39.499 W 079° 21.116
17T E 632889 N 4835243
A sign describing the first professional baseball stadium in Toronto
Waymark Code: WMC8DC
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 08/08/2011
Views: 5
The sign describes the Sunlight Park Stadium that was open from 1886-1896. The stadium held 2,250 total and admission cost 25 cents. Originally simply the Toronto Baseball Grounds or "Baseball Place" it became the Sunlight Park after a Sunlight Soap Factory was built nearby. The sign also describes Toronto's first baseball title and the current state of the grounds today.
Sign built by Heritage Toronto, 1999.
Note: There is still a park named after Sunlight Park Stadium as well as a street named after it.
The sign is located on the ICA Associates Building.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1886
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