Old Rhinebeck

Historical marker location:

Rhinebeck, New York

( Marker is on Albany Post Road (U.S. 9) north of Old Post Road (Wey Road), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1932

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.