Historical Marker
The First Theater
Historical marker location:
116 East 3rd Street, Jamestown, New York
( Marker is at the intersection of East 3rd Street and Spring Street, on the right when traveling west on East 3rd Street.)
Marker installed: 2006
The first-ever recorded baseball game was played in Hoboken, New Jersey, but the modern rules of the game were established in New York City in 1845 by the New York Knickerbocker Baseball Club.