Parker Field
Parker Field was a multi-use outdoor stadium in Richmond, Virginia, with a seating capacity of 9,500. The field was built in 1934, as part of the fair grounds, and was named after William H.Photo: Jim, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include White House of the Confederacy and Virginia State Capitol.
White House of the Confederacy
Museum
Photo: AlbertHerring, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Second White House of the Confederacy is a historic house located in the Court End neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. Built in 1818, it served as the main executive residence of the sole President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, from August 1861 until April 1865.
Virginia State Capitol
Government office
Photo: Ron Cogswell, CC BY 2.0.
The Virginia State Capitol is the seat of state government of the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in Richmond, the state capital. It houses the oldest elected legislative body in North America, the Virginia General Assembly, first established as the House of Burgesses in 1619.
Church Hill Tunnel
Archaeological site
Photo: Jkmscott, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church Hill Tunnel is an old Chesapeake and Ohio Railway tunnel, built in the early 1870s, which extends approximately 4,000 feet under the Church Hill district of Richmond, Virginia, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fairmount and Union Hill.
Fairmount
Neighborhood
Photo: Jmurden, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Originally a trolley car suburb in the years just before the dawn of the 20th century, the Fairmount neighborhood in Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia, is located just north of Union Hill.
Union Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
Union Hill is a historic district of Richmond, Virginia. According to the Richmond Times Dispatch, the neighborhood "generally is bordered on the south by East Marshall Street and Jefferson Avenue, on the west by Mosby Street, on the north by O and Carrington…
Shockoe Bottom
Neighborhood
Shockoe Bottom, historically known as Shockoe Valley, is an area in Richmond, Virginia, just east of downtown, along the James River. Located between Shockoe Hill and Church Hill, Shockoe Bottom contains much of the land included in Colonel William Mayo's 1737 plan of Richmond, making it one of the city's oldest neighborhoods.
Parker Field
- Type: Park
- Description: multi-use outdoor stadium in Virginia, USA
- Categories: sports venue, baseball venue, and stadium
- Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Parker Field” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Parker Field”
- Dutch: “Parker Field”
- French: “Parker Field”
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