Duffy Fairgrounds

Entrance to Duffy Fairgrounds, Jul-2001.

The main grandstand, with some box seats. The press box is above the third-base bleacher.

View from the grandstand as batting practice is about to begin.

Chronological Tour: Stop 16

• Location: Arsenal Street, Watertown, N.Y.
• Opened: 1938
• Home team: Watertown Indians, New York-Penn League (1989-99); Watertown Bucks, North Country Baseball League (2015)
• Capacity: 2,500 (approx.)

Rating: 2 baseballs

The unusual configuration consists of a main grandstand that is straight, rather than hooking around home plate as is common. Bleachers stand along the first and third base lines, as do several rows of box seats.

Today, Duffy Fairgrounds is used for various amateur games. The photos above were taken prior to the start of a New York Collegiate League game against Rome. In 2015, a low-level independent league called the North Country Baseball League started, and Watertown hosted some of the games.