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Henley Field

Full name	Athletic Park (1925–1942) Clare "Doc" Henley Ball Park (1942–present)
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 Center – 405 ft Right center - 385 ft Right – 330 ft
Surface	Grass
Construction
Built	1922
Opened	March 17, 1925
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)

Henley Field
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Lakeland, Polk County, Florida
Coordinates	28°3′24″N 81°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	May 23, 1997

Henley Field is a historic site in Lakeland, Florida. Built in 1922, it is located at 1125 North Florida 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 the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Henley Field is located adjacent to Bryant Stadium, a football stadium.

Henley Field was used as the home ballpark of the fictional Class D Tampico Stogies in the 1987 HBO movie Long Gone which starred William Petersen and Virginia Madsen. During the film the stadium was known as Smythe Field.

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. 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 to United Methodist Church-affiliated Florida Southern College, whose baseball team have used the park for the past 55 years.

References

1. Long Gone at the Internet Movie Database
2. Rick Rousos (2002-04-04). "Historic Henley Field Is a Trip Back in Time for Players". Lakeland Ledger. Retrieved 2011-03-09.
3. John Chambliss (September 3, 2015). "City of Lakeland to sell historic Henley Field to Florida Southern College for $1 million | TheLedger.com". theledger.com. Retrieved April 23, 2016.

External links

Media related to Henley Field Ball Park at Wikimedia Commons

• Polk County listings at National Register of Historic Places
• Henley Field Ball Park at Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
• Henley Field Views – ‘’Ball Parks of the Minor Leagues’’
• Digital Ballparks: Henley Field Ballpark
• Ballpark Reviews: Henley Field Ballpark

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