Historical Marker
Walloon Settlers
Historical marker location:
New York, New York
( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Battery Place and State Street, on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1924
1624 - 1924.
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.