Taylor Field: A National Register of Historic Places baseball stadium

Taylor Field: A National Register of Historic Places baseball stadium

Visit Taylor Field in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, a stadium built with Works Progress Administration funding and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Taylor Field is a baseball stadium located at 1201 East 16th Street in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Built between 1939 and 1940, the stadium was constructed with funding support from the Works Progress Administration and a design by local architect Mitchell Seligman.

The stadium was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. It played host until 1955 to minor league baseball teams, including the Pine Bluff Judges.

The grandstand has a capacity of about 1800, with another 600 in the bleachers. The field is 315 feet down the foul lines and 390 feet to center field.

Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons

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