Schoonmaker Homestead

Historical marker location:

7 Main Street, Saugerties, New York

( Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Malden Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.)

Marker installed: 1936

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.