Historical Marker
Ladd's Castle
Historical marker location:
1337 Lafayette Avenue, Woodbury, New Jersey
( Marker is at the intersection of Lafayette Avenue and Colonial Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Lafayette Avenue.)
New Jersey was the site of the first organized baseball game, played in Hoboken on June 19, 1846. The New York Nine defeated the Knickerbockers 23-1 in a game that lasted four innings.