William B. Ogden Free Library

Historical marker location:

Walton, New York

( Marker is at the intersection of Gardiner Place and North Street, on the right when traveling north on Gardiner Place.)

Marker installed: 1984

Built 1896-1897.

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.