Historic Hicks Field
Hicks Field was built as a WPA project in the 1930's at the corner of East Freemason and Woodward Street, adjacent to John A. Holmes High School
The main structure is a wood grandstand with a roof that was built to accommodate slightly more than 500 people. The main grandstand is the oldest remaining wooden grandstand of its type in North Carolina.
Hicks Field was home to minor league baseball and semipro teams up until 1952, including the Edenton Colonials of the original Coastal Plain League and the Virginia League.
Hicks Field was also the long time spring training site for a number of minor league teams during the 1940's, including Binghamton NY, and Reading, PA. In 1995, Hicks Field was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
In 1998 the Edenton Steamers were formed in the new Coastal Plain League summer collegiate baseball league. Hicks Field continues to host the Steamers as well as Edenton high school games and various tournaments in the summer. In 2004 Baseball America (regarded as the definitive baseball publication in the sport) rated Historic Hicks Field the #2 summer collegiate venue in the country.
Recent Posts
- Two more Atlantic Sun players to shine in Edenton
- Pitching Search takes Steamers to Binghamton
- Steamers Raid Middle Tennessee State for Arms
- Assistant Coach Rounds Out Edenton Coaching Staff
- Northern Schools ship two players to Edenton
- Steamers to offer two Summer Baseball Camps
- Coaching staff looks to keep up pattern of success in Edenton
- Atlantic Sun Conference Sets Two Southpaws in Edenton
- What do Steamer host families have to say?
- Polaroid Photo Show
Hicks Field
Steamers 2007 Season
