Rose-Hulman Polytechnic Institute

Historical marker location:

5500 Wabash Ave, Terre Haute, Indiana

( Marker is on Rose Hulman Institute Road near Old National Road (U.S. 40), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1917

The first professional baseball game in the United States was played in Indiana on May 4, 1871. The game was played in Fort Wayne between the Cleveland Forest Citys and the Fort Wayne Kekiongas.