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situated at the Northeast corner. This canopy-covered structure, built in 1909, is still in its original condition, and is listed as a state historic building. Despite ongoing maintenance by the City of Bisbee and the Bisbee Unified School districts, it will most likely need structural renovation at some point in the future. Underneath the grandstand are housed the concrete dugouts, locker rooms, showers and manager's offices. The football field is oriented North to South and consists of a gridiron with modern steel bleachers along both sides of its length. These bleachers have at times in the past been pushed back to expand the baseball outfield.
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The ballpark spans approximately forty acres, and is surrounded by an 8-foot (2.4 m) tall wooden security fence. It is divided into two sections: a baseball field on the East side, and a football stadium on the West. The baseball field features a shaded cast-in-place concrete grandstand
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which was built in 1909 and is located in the corner of Arizona Street and Ruppe Road in Bisbee, Az. The Warren Ballpark is one of the oldest professional baseball stadiums in the United States. It has hosted baseball Hall of Famers
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Deportation of striking miners from Bisbee, Arizona, on July 12, 1917. The miners and others who have been rounded up are assembled at Warren Ballpark and are sitting in the bleachers while armed members of the posse stand in the
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Wrigley Field is old. And Fenway Park is older. The oldest baseball stadium still in use, however, is in the small town of Bisbee, Arizona.
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The Stadium was built in 1909 by the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company (which later merged with
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View of the concrete grandstand and home plate in the field of the Warren Ballpark.
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are housed the concrete dugouts, locker rooms, showers and manager’s office.
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Recognizing Bisbee's Warren Park – (Extensions of Remarks – July 16, 2009)
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Sports venues on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona
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Event venues on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona
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James C. Foster, ed. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1982.
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National Register of Historic Places in Cochise County, Arizona
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Bisbee, Arizona
Coordinates
31°24′38″N 109°52′47″W / 31.41056°N 109.87972°W / 31.41056; -109.87972
Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings
AML
Bisbee Killer Termites 2015 - current
Bisbee, Arizona
Tucson Saguaros
Pecos League
Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings
Arizona–Mexico League
Phelps Dodge
Wrigley Field
Bisbee Killer Termites
Bisbee High School Pumas
labor
striking
Bisbee Deportation

View from the Home Dugout
The concrete grandstand of the Warren Ballpark which was built in 1909 and is located in the corner of Arizona Street and Ruppe Road in Bisbee, Az. The Warren Ballpark is one of the oldest professional baseball stadiums in the United States. It has hosted baseball Hall of Famers John McGraw, Connie Mack and Honus Wagner and also some of the members of the Chicago White Sox involved in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal, such as Hal Chase, Chick Gandil and Buck Weaver. The ballpark was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 2010 as part of the Bisbee Residential Historic District, reference #10000233.
John McGraw
Connie Mack
Honus Wagner
Chicago White Sox
Black Sox Scandal
The original ticket booth made of wood of the Warren Ballpark.
Underneath the grandstand of the Warren Ballpark are housed the concrete dugouts, locker rooms, showers and manager’s office.
View of the concrete grandstand and home plate in the field of the Warren Ballpark.

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