Oviedo in Seminole County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Harry Homer Boston, Sr.
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Harold Hal King, Sr.
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, June 5, 2025
1. Harry Homer Boston, Sr. side of marker
Harry Homer Boston, Sr.
In the late 1940s Harry Homer Boston Sr., a black World War II army medic, settled in an area of Oviedo known as Clonts Quarters, today referred to as Boston Hill Park. He organized and coached the Black Hawks Baseball and Lady Black Hawks Softball teams, sponsored by the Grant Chapel A.M.E. Church. Sunday afternoon games drew enthusiastic crowds who rooted for their team against opponents from as far away as Georgia. Boston built the baseball diamond with backstop and bleachers after C.R. Clonts, celery farmer and former president of Citizens Bank of Oviedo, donated land for the park. On May 21, 1994, the City of Oviedo dedicated the park to Harry Homer Boston in honor of his community leadership.
Harold "Hal" King, Sr.
Sunday afternoon Black Hawks baseball games at Boston Hill Park drew scouts from all over the country. In 1962 the Indianapolis Clowns, part of the now defunct Negro Baseball League, drafted Harold "Hal King Sr., a player coached by Harry Homer Boston, Sr. In 1965, King signed as a free agent with the California Angels. He made his Major League debut at age 23 with the Houston Astros on September 6, 1967, beginning a seven-year professional baseball career playing with the Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers, and Cincinnati Reds. As a
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Erected by Seminole County.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Parks & Recreational Areas • Sports. A significant historical date for this entry is May 21, 1994.
Location. 28° 39.559′ N, 81° 12.544′ W. Marker is in Oviedo, Florida, in Seminole County. It can be reached from South Central Avenue 0.1 miles north of Clonts Street. Marker is located in Boston Hill Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 777 S Central Ave, Oviedo FL 32765, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Orlando and in Central Florida. It is also in the American South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Benjamin Franklin Wheeler Sr. / Wheeler-Evans House (approx. half a mile away); Navy Plane Crash/Jim Jones: An Eyewitness (approx. half a mile away); Lawton House (approx. Ύ mile away); Oviedo (approx. 0.8 miles away); Foster Chapel (approx. 0.9 miles away); Henry Jackson: Homesteader, Farmer (approx. 1.1 miles away); Lake Charm (approx. 1½ miles away); Slavia (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oviedo.
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, June 5, 2025
2. Harold "Hal" King, Sr. side of marker
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, June 5, 2025
3. Harry Homer Boston, Sr. / Harold Hal King, Sr. Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on June 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 20, 2025, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 206 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 20, 2025, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.
