Paterson Field, Montgomery

Name: Paterson Field
Address: Montgomery, United States

#84 among attractions in Montgomery

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Paterson Field is a baseball stadium in Montgomery, Alabama. The stadium, named after William Burns Paterson junior, has a maximum capacity of 7,000 people and was opened in 1949. Paterson Field has played host to, among other professional teams, the Montgomery Rebels, a AA-class minor-league team affiliated with the Detroit Tigers, and the Montgomery Wings, an independent minor-league team. The stadium is still in use today, having recently been used as the home field of Alabama State University, a Division I program that competes in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. ()

Opened: 1949 (75 years ago)Capacity: 7000Coordinates: 32°22'56"N, 86°17'30"W

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Paterson Field – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Alabama State Capitol, Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium, The Legacy Museum, Confederate Memorial Monument.

0.6 miSW
Museum, History museum, Greek Revival architecture
Alabama State Capitol, Montgomery
16 min walk • The Alabama State Capitol, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the First Confederate Capitol, is the state capitol building for Alabama.
1.1 miW
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium, Montgomery
29 min walk • Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium is the home of the Montgomery Biscuits of the Double-A South. The minor league baseball ballpark opened in Montgomery, Alabama in 2004. Located in downtown Montgomery, the stadium can host up to 7,000 people a night. Riverwalk Stadium is a converted century-old train shed.
1.1 miW
Museum
The Legacy Museum, Montgomery
29 min walk • The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration is a museum in Montgomery, Alabama, that displays the history of slavery and racism in America. This includes the enslavement of African-Americans, racial lynchings, segregation, and racial bias.
0.6 miSW
Monuments and statues
Confederate Memorial Monument, Montgomery
15 min walk • The Confederate Memorial Monument is a monument installed outside the Alabama State Capitol.
0.8 miSW
Museum, Monuments and statues, Memorial
Civil Rights Memorial, Montgomery
21 min walk • The Civil Rights Memorial is an American memorial in Montgomery, Alabama created by Maya Lin. The names of 41 people are inscribed on the granite fountain as martyrs who were killed in the civil rights movement.
0.7 miSW
Museum, History museum, Library
Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery
18 min walk • The Alabama Department of Archives and History is the official repository of archival records for the U.S. state of Alabama. Under the direction of Thomas M. Owen its founder, the agency received state funding by an act of the Alabama Legislature on February 27, 1901.
0.8 miW
Museum, Historical place, Event space
Old Alabama Town, Montgomery
20 min walk • Old Alabama Town is a collection of restored 19th- and 20th-century structures reflecting the lives of the people who settled and developed central Alabama.
0.8 miSW
Church, Sacred and religious sites, Gothic Revival architecture
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery
22 min walk • Dexter Avenue Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Montgomery, Alabama, United States, affiliated with the Progressive National Baptist Convention. The church was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1974 because of its importance in the civil rights movement and American history.
1.1 miW
Fountain, Memorial, Sculpture
Court Square Fountain, Montgomery
28 min walk • The Court Square Fountain, in the Court Square-Dexter Avenue Historic District of Montgomery, Alabama, was established in 1885 on top of an artesian well, which native Alabamians used long before the area was settled. The fountain contains statues based on Greek mythology.
0.4 miW
Church, Romanesque architecture
First Baptist Church, Montgomery
11 min walk • The First Baptist Church on North Ripley Street in Montgomery, Alabama, is a historic landmark. Founded in downtown Montgomery in 1867 as one of the first black churches in the area, it provided an alternative to the second-class treatment and discrimination African-Americans faced at the other First Baptist Church in the city.
0.9 miW
Church, Sacred and religious sites, Gothic Revival architecture
St. John's Episcopal Church, Montgomery
24 min walk • St. John's Episcopal Church is a historic Gothic Revival church in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. It was designed by the New York City architectural firm of Frank Wills and Henry Dudley. The church was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on 24 February 1975.

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Nearby attractions include First Baptist Church, Montgomery (11 min walk), Rice-Semple-Haardt House, Montgomery (13 min walk), Confederate Memorial Monument, Montgomery (15 min walk), Alabama State Capitol, Montgomery (16 min walk).