Carson Park (baseball stadium)
44°48′28″N 91°31′14″W / 44.807759°N 91.52048°W
Location | 44° 48′ 26″ N, 91° 31′ 14″ W One Carson Park Drive USD |
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Carson Park Baseball Stadium | |
Location | Carson Park Dr., Carson Park, Eau Claire, Wisconsin |
Coordinates | 44°48′29″N 91°31′13″W / 44.80806°N 91.52028°W |
Area | 6 acres (2.4 ha) |
Built | 1936 |
Architectural style | Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements |
NRHP reference No. | 03000698[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 25, 2003 |
Carson Park is a baseball stadium located in Carson Park, a park in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It was built as a Works Progress Administration project in 1936, and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1][2]
The stadium is home to the Eau Claire Express of the Northwoods League, the Eau Claire Cavaliers amateur team, the Eau Claire Bears amateur team, the Eau Claire Pizza Hut American Legion team, the Eau Claire Memorial, North, Regis and Immanuel Lutheran high school baseball teams, and the UW-Eau Claire club baseball team.
The left field wall is adjacent to the sideline of the
History
The land that became home to Carson Park, located on a peninsula surrounded by Half Moon Lake in Eau Claire, was donated in 1914 to the city of Eau Claire by an heir to William Carson. The following year, the park was opened. Construction of a sports complex, including a baseball stadium, football stadium and tennis courts, began in 1935 as a Works Progress Administration project. The first game was played in the stadium on May 4, 1937, in a Northern League game between the Eau Claire Bears and Superior Blues.
The stadium later was home to the
A statue honoring Henry Aaron was erected in front of the stadium in 1994. A renovation project around 1997/98 added permanent seats behind home play, benches in the lower areas of the grandstand, and a remodeled concourse and exterior.
Upon the arrival of the Eau Claire Express Northwoods League franchise in 2005, the stadium underwent renovations for that season. A fan deck was added in the right field corner, a children's area was added along the 3rd-base foul line near the left field corner, and an electronic message board was added to the scoreboard. The field was re-leveled and re-sodded prior to the 2007 season. The press box was expanded with new sections along the first- and third-base sides for the 2009 season.
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Eric J. Wheeler and Joanne Raetz Stuttgen (May 6, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Carson Park". National Park Service. Retrieved April 17, 2017. With 11 additional photos