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| Full name | Athletic Park (1925–1942) Clare "Doc" Henley Ball Park (1942–present) |
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| Location | 1125 North Florida Avenue,Lakeland, Florida 33805-4645 |
| Owner | Lakeland Parks and Recreation Department (Pending sale to Florida Southern College) |
| Operator | Lakeland Parks and Recreation Department |
| Capacity | 1,000 |
| Field size | Left – 325 ft Left center – 365 ft |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1922 |
| Opened | 17 March 1925; 100 years ago (1925-03-17) |
| Renovated | 2002 |
| Construction cost | $ |
| Tenants | |
| Lakeland Highlanders (FSL) (1923–1926) Cleveland Indians (AL) (1923–1927) Detroit Tigers (AL) (1934–1942, 1946–1965) Lakeland Pilots (FIL) (1946-1950, 1952) Lakeland Patriots (FIL) (1951) Lakeland Pilots (FSL) (1953-1955) Lakeland Indians (FSL) (1960) Lakeland Giants (FSL) (1962) Lakeland Tigers (FSL) (1963-1964, 2002) Florida Southern College Moccasins (SSC) (1960s-present) Lakeland Flying Tigers (FSL) (2016) | |
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| Location | Lakeland,Polk County,Florida |
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| Coordinates | 28°3′24″N81°57′23″W / 28.05667°N 81.95639°W /28.05667; -81.95639 |
| Built | 1925 |
| Architectural style | Mission/Spanish Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 97000458 |
| Added to NRHP | 23 May 1997; 28 years ago (1997-05-23) |
Henley Field is a historic site inLakeland,Florida. Built in 1922, it is located at 1125 NorthFlorida Avenue. Clare Henley, for whom the park was named in 1942, encouraged its construction in an effort to persuade a professional baseball team to train there. On May 23, 1997, it was added to theU.S.National Register of Historic Places. Henley Field is located adjacent toBryant Stadium, a football stadium.
Henley Field was used as the home ballpark of the fictional Class D Tampico Stogies in the 1987HBO movieLong Gone which starredWilliam Petersen andVirginia Madsen. During the film the stadium was known as Smythe Field.[1]
The ballpark was renovated prior to the 2002 season at a cost of $250,000. Henley was renovated to enable the Lakeland Tigers to play at the historic ballpark during the 2002 season.[2] while their home field,Joker Marchant Stadium (which is also the current spring training home of the Detroit Tigers), was renovated during the 2002 season.
On September 2, 2015, the City of Lakeland announced it would sell Henley Field for $1 million toUnited Methodist Church-affiliatedFlorida Southern College, whose baseball team have used the park for the past 55 years.[3]
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