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Doherty Park was a minor league baseball park in
Durham, North Carolina
Durham ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Durham County, North Carolina, Durham County. Small portions of the city limits extend into Orange County, North Carolina, Orange County and Wake County, North Carol ...
. It was home to the
Durham Bulls
The Durham Bulls are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. They are located in Durham, North Carolina, and play their home games at Durham Bulls Athletic Park, which opened in ...
beginning in 1913 until El Toro Park was opened in 1926.
It was built by the Durham Traction Company, and was first known as Traction Park. It was renamed for company majority owner Henry L. Doherty in 1918. It was also often called the East Durham Park, as it was located just across the Durham city limit in what was then the separate community of East Durham.
The wooden ballpark was built in 1909. The venue was bounded by West Street (now part of Taylor Street) (south, home plate); North Driver Street (east, right field); and the Durham / East Durham border (north and west, center and left fields). Cherry Grove Street T'd into West (Taylor) at about where the west edge of the grandstand was. The ballpark continued to be listed as an athletic field in city maps as late as 1937.
A junior high school was built on the site in 1939. The school has since evolved into the Holton Career and Resource Center.