Devereaux Meadow


Devereaux Meadow was a minor league baseball stadium located in Raleigh, North Carolina. It was located on the north side of Peace Street between Dawson Street, which was later merged into Capital Boulevard; and West Street. The site had long been a playground. In 1938 the city decided to build a ballpark on the site. It eventually became the home of the Raleigh Capitals from and from ; the Raleigh Mets for the 1963 season; the Raleigh Cardinals from ; the Raleigh Pirates from ; the Raleigh-Durham Mets for the 1968 season; the Raleigh-Durham Phillies for the 1969 season; and the Raleigh-Durham Triangles from. The ballpark was demolished in 1979 to make way for a parking lot for waste disposal vehicles.
The City of Raleigh has proposed the restoration of the area as a linear park under the, which was adopted by the Raleigh City Council in 2012. The plan does not involve the restoration of the original baseball field but would instead include a linear park and a restoration of the adjacent Pigeon House Branch Creek.