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| Former names | Hinchliffe City Stadium |
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| Address | Maple and Liberty Streets Paterson, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 40°55′6″N 74°10′52″W / 40.91833°N 74.18111°W |
| Owner | Paterson Board of Education |
| Capacity | 10,000 (1932–2023) 7,500 (2023–present) |
| Acreage | 5.7 acres (2.3 ha) |
| Surface | Various |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1931–1932 |
| Renovated | 1963–1964, 1983, 2021–2022 |
| Closed | 1997 |
| Reopened | 2023 |
| Architect | Olmsted Brothers |
| Tenants | |
| Paterson Giants (IFL) 1932–1933 Paterson Night Hawks (I) 1932–1933 Silk City Bears (I) 1932 New York Black Yankees (NNL II) 1933–1935, 1937–1938 New York Cubans (NNL II) 1935–1936 Paterson Panthers (AA) 1936–1941, 1946–1950 New Jersey Jackals (FL) 2023–present | |
Hinchliffe Stadium | |
| Architectural style | Art Deco with Mission style elements |
| NRHP reference No. | 04000223[1] |
| NJRHP No. | 4234[2] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | March 22, 2004 (local significance error)[3][4] |
| Designated NHL | March 11, 2013[2] |
| Designated NJRHP | January 27, 2004 |
Hinchliffe Stadium (/ˈhɪntʃ.lɪf/) is a 7,500-seat stadium located in Paterson, New Jersey.[5] The stadium is located atop the Great Falls of the Passaic River, and is part of the surrounding National Historical Park. The stadium, built in 1932, was closed in 1996 after years of neglect but reopened in 2023.
The stadium's primary user is the Paterson Board of Education, where it serves as a multipurpose facility for the city’s two high schools, Eastside High School and Kennedy High School. As of 2023, it also serves as the home stadium for the New Jersey Jackals of the independent Frontier League; the Jackals spent their previous 25 seasons playing at Yogi Berra Stadium in Little Falls, New Jersey.
Hinchliffe Stadium was also used as the home of the New York Black Yankees of the Negro Leagues, and is one of four stadia still standing that hosted Negro League baseball games.[6][7]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Passaic County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. November 22, 2013. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 16, 2014.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Listings April 2, 2004". Retrieved June 7, 2009.
- ^ "Ballparks of the Negro Leagues and Barnstorming Black Baseball Teams". Negro League Baseball Players Association. Archived from the original on June 10, 2009. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
- ^ "Hinchliffe Stadium: a National Historic Landmark | Built in 1932". hinchliffestadium. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
- ^ Mallinconico, Joe (May 15, 2013). "After three-year battle, Paterson's Hinchliffe Stadium gets local historic status". Patterson Press. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
- ^ Salant, Jonathan D. (December 12, 2014). "Congress adds N.J. stadium where Negro League stars played to Paterson national park". NJ.com. Retrieved October 1, 2017.