Troy in Pike County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Riddle-Pace Field

Photographed by Tim & Renda Carr, December 11, 2010

1. Riddle-Pace Field Marker

Inscription. Originally constructed as the home field for the university’s football and baseball teams. Pace Field, home of the Troy Trojans and the Troy baseball team in the late 1930s and 1940s, stood at the location of the current Riddle - Pace Field. It is one of the original locations where the Alabama-Florida Class D Deep South Baseball League teams played. They provided players to the Cleveland Indians (1939), the Cincinnati Reds (1940) and the Detroit Tigers (1947-49).

Erected by Troy University.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Sports.

Location. 31° 47.958′ N, 85° 57.226′ W. Marker is in Troy, Alabama, in Pike County. It is on Luther Drive north of University Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Marker located on the campus of Troy University. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Troy AL 36081, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Black Belt,

and in the Wiregrass.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once 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 walking distance of this marker: Pace Hall (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Shackelford Hall (about 400 feet away); “The Thinker” (about 500 feet away); Green Davis Tailgate Terrace (about 600 feet away); Cowart Hall (about 600 feet away); a different marker also named Cowart Hall (about 600 feet away); McCall Hall (approx. 0.2 miles away); Bibb Graves Hall (approx.

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0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Troy.

Photographed by Tim & Renda Carr, December 11, 2010

2. Riddle-Pace Field Marker

Riddle-Pace Baseball Field image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim & Renda Carr, December 11, 2010

3. Riddle-Pace Baseball Field

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 12, 2010, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,450 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 12, 2010, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.