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Sunday, March 25, 2018

Howard U hospital stands on the land where Griffith stadium once stood....................an all Black college...........Wesley Snipes....

Howard University Hospital/Griffith Stadium Site, African American ...

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Griffith Stadium was named for Clark Griffith, the manager/owner of the Senators baseball team, in 1924. It was constructed in 1914 as American League Park. The stadium was a social center for the city. It was not only used for sports events, but the annual cadet corps drills, baptisms, and lectures were also held there.

Griffith Stadium - history, photos and more of the Washington Senators ...

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Washington, DC. It's Opening Day in the nations capital as the Washington Senators are at home at Griffith Stadium. Here is where you will see one of the best Opening Day traditions in baseball from 1911 until 1961 ... Griffith Stadium sat idle for several years before being sold to Howard University Hospital for $1.5 million.

Griffith Stadium - Wikipedia

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Griffith Stadium was a sports stadium that stood in Washington, D.C., from 1911 to 1965, between Georgia Avenue and 5th Street (left field), and between W Street and Florida Avenue NW. An earlier wooden baseball park had been built on the same site in 1891. It was called Boundary Field, or National Park as its ...

‎Field design · ‎Notable sluggers · ‎Football · ‎Status in racial disputes

Howard University Hospital, University Named as Historic Sites

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Oct 15, 2011 - Howard University Hospital has already received a sign outside telling how it sits on what once was the site of Griffith Stadium, which was the region's sports and entertainment center for more than 50 years. The stadium was the home of the Washington Senators baseball team, the Negro baseball league's ...

Griffith Stadium Howard University Hospital - Brightest Young Things

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Apr 3, 2017 - The new version of the Senators played games at DC Stadium (later named RFK). The park was finally demolished in 1965. In a somewhat ironic turn of events, the land that once held Griffith Stadium got a new tenant in 1975: Howard University Hospital. It's easy to take baseball for granted in this country.