3201 Dan St., Hamtramck, Michigan. County/parish: Wayne.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 31, 2012. NRIS 12000458.
3 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 1 contributing structure.Also known as:
Hamtramck Stadium, also known as Roesink Stadium is (as of 2012) one of only 12 remaining Negro league baseball stadiums. It is located at 3201 Dan Street, in Veterans Park, in Hamtramck, Michigan. The stadium was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. The stadium is located near, and occasionally confused with, Keyworth Stadium (for example, see Black Baseball in Detroit, p. 59). The stadium was rededicated on June 20, 2022, as part of the Juneteenth celebration. In 2020, the stadium's field was renamed Norman "Turkey" Stearnes Field, after Detroit Stars player Turkey Stearnes.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/25341136