Roosevelt Memorial Stadium

Roosevelt Memorial Stadium is a Tennessee historical marker in Johnson City, Washington County.

Memorial Park E. Main Street, Johnson City, Tennessee

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Constructed on this site between 1933 and 1935 by the Works Progress Administration, Roosevelt Memorial Stadium was home to the Science Hill Hilltoppers and the Langston High School Golden Tigers Football Teams. The Burley Bowl football game between East Tennessee State College (now University) and Milligan College highlighted an annual tobacco festival held here between 1945 and 1956. When the stadium was demolished in 2010 to build the Memorial Park Community Center, the original stadium gate and iconic WWI Doughboy Statue located on the north side of the stadium site were restored and preserved.

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Historical maps covering this location

1891 · Roan Mountain, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1894 · Roan Mountain, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1895 · Gen. map VII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1904 · Roan Mountain, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1927 · Relief map, state of Tennessee (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)

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