Historical Marker
Earliest Methodist Preaching
Historical marker location:
851 East Water Street, Elmira, New York
( Marker is at the intersection of East Water Street (New York State Route 352) and Harriet St., on the right when traveling west on East Water Street.)
Marker installed: 2011
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.