Elysian Fields (former) baseball grounds

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Elysian Fields (former) baseball grounds were a historic 19th-century Hoboken venue widely regarded as one of the earliest important sites in the development of organized baseball in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball venue
historical site
sports venue
access reachable by ferry from New York City
country United States
culturalContext early American sports culture
development eventually built over by urban development in Hoboken
era 19th century
heritageStatus recognized as a historic baseball site in secondary literature
historicalPeriod antebellum United States
historicalUse suburban recreation area for New York City residents
knownFor association with the early history of baseball
hosting early organized baseball games
locatedIn Hoboken, New Jersey
linked to: Hoboken

Hudson County, New Jersey
New Jersey
locatedNear Hudson River
locatedOpposite Manhattan
namedAfter Elysian Fields (mythological afterlife from Greek and Roman mythology)
linked to: Elysian Fields
partOf Elysian Fields parkland in Hoboken
significance early site in the development of organized baseball in the United States
one of the earliest important baseball venues
status defunct
former baseball grounds
surface grass
usedFor baseball
cricket
leisure activities

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Hoboken hasHistoricSite Elysian Fields (former) baseball grounds