Devereaux Meadow
Devereux (or Devereux) Meadow was a minor league baseball stadium located in Raleigh, North Carolina. It was located on the north side of Peace Street (south, right field) between Dawson Street (east, left field), which was later merged into Capital Boulevard; and West Street (west, first base). The site had long been a playground. In 1938 the city decided to build a ballpark on the site. It eventually became the home of the Raleigh Capitals from (1945–1953) and from (1957–62); the Raleigh Mets for the 1963 season; the Raleigh Cardinals from (1964–1965); the Raleigh Pirates from (1966–1967); the Raleigh-Durham Mets for the 1968 season; the Raleigh-Durham Phillies for the 1969 season; and the Raleigh-Durham Triangles from (1970–1971). The ballpark was demolished in 1979 to make way for a parking lot for waste disposal vehicles.[1]
The City of Raleigh has proposed the restoration of the area as a linear park under the Capital Boulevard Corridor Study, which was adopted by the Raleigh City Council in 2012. The plan does not involve the restoration of the original baseball field but would instead include a linear park and a restoration of the adjacent Pigeon House Branch Creek.[2]
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- Baseball venues in North Carolina
- Sports venues in Raleigh, North Carolina
- 1938 establishments in North Carolina
- Sports venues completed in 1938
- 1979 disestablishments in North Carolina
- Sports venues demolished in 1979
- Defunct minor league baseball venues
- Southern United States baseball venue stubs
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- Raleigh, North Carolina building and structure stubs