Doenges Stadium

The recently renovated and re-painted facade of Doenges Stadium, Mar-2005.

The shell of the seating area remains intact.

Spectators in the main seating bowl watch the game through a thick screen.

• Location: Hensley Boulevard at Dewey Avenue, Bartlesville, Okla.
• Opened: 1930 as Municipal Field (renovated 2003)
• Home team: Bartlesville Bronchos, Western Association (1931-32), Western League (2d half of 1933); Bartlesville Reds (1934-35), Bucs (1936), Blues (1937), Chiefs (1938), Western Association; Bartlesville Oilers (1946-47), Pirates (1948-52), Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League
• Capacity: 2,000 (approx.)

A renovation project that began in 1998 was completed in 2003. The main grandstand structure, however, remains essentially intact, leaving this as a gem of northeast Oklahoma.

The park is just north of the center of town and about two miles west of US 75, the main north-south drag that connects Houston and Winnipeg. Bartlesville itself is best known as the place where Frank Phillips struck oil in the 1920s. A main street two blocks from the ballpark is named for Phillips.

The stadium is dedicated to Bill Doenges, a car dealer in town who was an ardent supporter of Bartlesville’s Legion teams. The ends of the main grandstand are painted with the names of the city’s Major and Triple-A Legion teams.