Historical Marker
Van Kleeck House Site
Historical marker location:
226 Mill Street, Poughkeepsie, New York
( Marker is on Mill Street west of Columbus Drive, on the left when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1935
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.