page_title: List of baseball parks in Nashville
section_title: Greenwood Park
hierarchical_section_title: List of baseball parks in Nashville / Baseball parks / Greenwood Park
caption_attribution_description: English: A baseball game at Greenwood Park (Tennessee), the first urban park and recreation area established for the African American community in Nashville, Tennessee. The park opened in 1905 and closed in 1949.
context_page_description: Nashville, Tennessee, has hosted professional baseball teams since the late 19th century at five ballparks around the city. The first was Sulphur Springs Ball Park, later renamed Athletic Park, but best known as Sulphur Dell, which was the home of Nashville's minor league teams from 1885 to 1963. A number of Negro league teams competed at Sulphur Dell, which was demolished in 1969, as well as at Greenwood Park and Tom Wilson Park.
  In 1978, Herschel Greer Stadium was built on the grounds of Fort Negley, an American Civil War fortification just south of downtown. Greer served as the home of the Nashville Sounds for 37 seasons until they left for the new First Horizon Park, located at the site of Sulphur Dell, in 2015. Greer was demolished in 2019.
context_section_description: Occupant: Nashville Standard/Elite Giants independent (1920–1928)
  Location: The northeast corner of Spence Lane and Elm Hill Pike, across from Greenwood Cemetery (36.144067°N 86.722433°W)
  Opened: 1905
  Closed: 1949
  Greenwood Park, established in 1905, was a public park for Nashville's black community. In addition to picnic space, amusement riders, and a swimming pool, the grounds were home to a baseball diamond used by the independent Nashville Standard/Elite Giants from 1920 to 1928 and other Negro league teams. The park was demolished after its 1949 closure.
caption: The Greenwood Park grandstand as viewed from the field
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