Berkeley Mills Ballpark

NORTH CAROLINA STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE Office of Archives and History Department of Cultural Resources

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Berkeley Mills Ballpark

Hendersonville, Henderson County, HN1903, Listed 9/19/2016 Nomination by Dan Pezzoni Photographs by Dan Pezzoni, November 2015

Grandstand

Ballfield

NPS Form 10-900

United States Department of the Interior

OMB No. 1024-0018

National Park Service

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form

This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions.

1. Name of Property

Historic name: _Berkeley Mills Ballpark__________________________

Other names/site number: _HN 1903_____________________________

Name of related multiple property listing:

_N/A_______________________________________________________

(Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing

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2. Location

Street & number: _69 Balfour Road ____________________________________________

City or town: _Hendersonville__ State: _North Carolina_ County: _Henderson__________

Not For Publication: N/A

Vicinity: N/A

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3. State/Federal Agency Certification

As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended,

I hereby certify that this X nomination ___ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60.

In my opinion, the property _X__ meets ___ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance:

___national

___statewide

Applicable National Register Criteria:

_X__local

_X_A

___B

___C

___D

Signature of certifying official/Title:

Date

_North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources _________

State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government

In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria.

Signature of commenting official:

Date

Title :

State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government

United States Department of the Interior

National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form

NPS Form 10-900

OMB No. 1024-0018

Berkeley Mills Ballpark

Name of Property

Henderson Co., N.C.

County and State

______________________________________________________________________________ 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: entered in the National Register determined eligible for the National Register determined not eligible for the National Register removed from the National Register other (explain:) _____________________

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Signature of the Keeper

Date of Action

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5. Classification

Ownership of Property

(Check as many boxes as apply.) Private:

Public ? Local

X

Public ? State

Public ? Federal

Category of Property (Check only one box.)

Building(s)

District

Site

X

Structure

Object

United States Department of the Interior

National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form

NPS Form 10-900

OMB No. 1024-0018

Berkeley Mills Ballpark

Name of Property

Henderson Co., N.C.

County and State

Number of Resources within Property

(Do not include previously listed resources in the count)

Contributing

Noncontributing

_0___________

_3___________

_1___________

_0___________

_1___________

_2___________

_0___________

_0___________

_2___________

_5____________

buildings sites structures objects Total

Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register _N/A _______ ____________________________________________________________________________

6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) RECREATION AND CULTURE: sports facility (ballpark)__ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) RECREATION AND CULTURE: sports facility (ballpark)__ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

United States Department of the Interior

National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form

NPS Form 10-900

OMB No. 1024-0018

Berkeley Mills Ballpark

Name of Property

Henderson Co., N.C.

County and State

_____________________________________________________________________________ 7. Description

Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions.) No Style____________ ___________________ ___________________

Materials: (enter categories from instructions.) Principal exterior materials of the property: Wood, Metal, Concrete, Asphalt ____________

Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current physical appearance and condition of the property. Describe contributing and noncontributing resources if applicable. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, type, style, method of construction, setting, size, and significant features. Indicate whether the property has historic integrity.) ______________________________________________________________________________ Summary Paragraph

Berkeley Mills Ballpark is located at 69 Balfour Road in Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina, approximately two miles north of the city center. The resource is a baseball sports complex consisting of a 1949 baseball field, 1949-50 grandstand, and other resources dating from the late twentieth century (some or all from the late 1970s) and early twenty-first century. The ballpark lies to the north of Berkeley Mills (now Kimberly Clark), the historic textile mill which had the ballpark constructed and which sponsored its home team, the Berkeley Spinners. The ballpark exists in a park-like setting, tucked against a wooded hill to the southwest scattered with picnic shelters and other amenities, and reached by a gravel road which passes through rolling lawn areas to connect to Balfour Road. A modern sign and wooden split rail fence is at the entrance to the property. The ball field's level topography is the result of cut and fill that took earth from the grandstand area to create a level raised outfield. The area to the northwest and northeast of the ball field is wooded. A narrow dirt drive encircles the ball field.

_____________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Description

Inventory

1. Field. 1949. Contributing site. 2. Grandstand. 1949, 1950. Contributing structure. 3. Home Dugout. Late 1970s. Non-contributing structure. 4. Visitors Dugout. Late 1970s. Non-contributing structure.

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