Henley Field

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{{Infobox venue

| stadium_name = Henley Field

| nickname =

| image = Henley Field Lakeland2.jpg

| fullname = Athletic Park (1925–1942)
Clare "Doc" Henley Ball Park (1942–present)

| location = 1125 North Florida Avenue, Lakeland, Florida 33805-4645

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| built = 1922

| opened = {{Start date and age|1925|3|17|df=y}}

| renovated = 2002

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| owner = Lakeland Parks and Recreation Department
(Pending sale to Florida Southern College)

| operator = Lakeland Parks and Recreation Department

| surface = Grass

| construction_cost = $

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| 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)

| seating_capacity = 1,000

| dimensions = Left – 325 ft

Left center – 365 ft

Center – 405 ft

Right center - 385 ft

Right – 330 ft

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Henley Field

| image = Lakeland Henley Field01.jpg

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| coordinates = {{coord|28|3|24|N|81|57|23|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Florida#USA

| location = Lakeland, Polk County, Florida

| built = 1925

| refnum = 97000458

| architecture = Mission/Spanish Revival

| added = {{Start date and age|1997|5|23|df=y}}

}}

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.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093433/ Long Gone at the Internet Movie Database]

File:HenleyFieldPanorama042022.jpg 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.{{cite news |title=Historic Henley Field Is a Trip Back in Time for Players |author=Rick Rousos |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DU9IAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rv0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2218,816513&dq=henley+field&hl=en|newspaper=Lakeland Ledger |date=2002-04-04 |access-date=2011-03-09}} 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.{{Cite web | url=http://www.theledger.com/article/20150902/NEWS/150909903 | title=City of Lakeland to sell historic Henley Field to Florida Southern College for $1 million | TheLedger.com | author=John Chambliss | date=September 3, 2015 | website=theledger.com | access-date=April 23, 2016}}