Mansfield Club Grounds

Mansfield Club Grounds
Former names	Fort Hill Grounds; Mansfield Club Grounds
Location	Middletown, CT 06457
Capacity	800
Surface	Grass
Opened	May 2, 1872
Closed	July 4, 1872
Tenants
	Middletown Mansfields; (NAPBBP) (1872)

Mansfield Club Grounds, also known as Mansfield Park and Fort Hill Grounds, was a baseball ballpark located in Middletown, Connecticut. The ballpark was home to the Middletown Mansfields baseball club during the 1872 season, from May 2nd until July 4th.^[2] Like the team, it was named after Civil War General Joseph K. Mansfield.

The land for the ballpark, which overlooked Middletown, the Connecticut River, and the Valley Railroad, was donated in 1871 by Dewitt Clinton Sage who owned a nearby brick factory.^[2] The former site is now a residential development.

References

^ "Mansfield Park".
^ ^a ^b Healy, Paul (2004). Mansfield Park. Project Ballpark. Accessed 30 Jan 2011.

41°33′22″N 72°38′13″W / 41.556°N 72.637°W / 41.556; -72.637

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[1] "Mansfield Park".

[projectballpark-2] Healy, Paul (2004). Mansfield Park. Project Ballpark. Accessed 30 Jan 2011.

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Tenants

Former names	Fort Hill Grounds Mansfield Club Grounds
Location	Middletown, CT 06457
Capacity	800^[1]
Surface	Grass
Opened	May 2, 1872
Closed	July 4, 1872
Middletown Mansfields (NAPBBP) (1872)