Bowman Field - Williamsport, Pennsylvania
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N 41° 14.502 W 077° 02.824
18T E 328464 N 4567609
Pennsylvania's oldest operating minor league baseball park and the nation's second oldest.
Waymark Code: WM14VJA
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 08/27/2021
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Marker Text: Built 1926. Long noted as Pennsylvania's oldest operating minor league baseball park and the nation's second oldest. The first professional game here was played April 27, 1926, between the Williamsport Grays and the Negro league Harrisburg Giants. Over the years this park became home to successive Williamsport teams and hosted many major league teams for exhibition games. Originally Memorial Field; renamed 1929 for J. Walton Bowman.
Marker Name: Bowman Field
County: Lycoming
Date Dedicated: 07/29/2000
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: 1700 W 4th St., on grounds of BB&T Ballpark, near entrance, Williamsport
Category: African American, Baseball, Sports & Recreation
Website: [Web Link]
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