Baseball HOFer Clark Griffith owned the Senators for many years and his name was on the stadium! A little about the park. Griffith Stadium stood in Washington, D. From 1911 to 1965, between Georgia Avenue and 5th Street (left field), and between W Street and Florida Avenue NW. The site was once home to a wooden baseball park. Built in 1891, it was called Boundary Field, or National Park after the team that played there: the Washington Senators/Nationals. It was destroyed by a fire in 1911. It was replaced by a steel and concrete structure, at first called National Park and then American League Park; it was renamed for Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith in 1923. The stadium was home to the American League Senators from 1911 through 1960, and to an expansion team of the same name for their first season in 1961. The venue hosted the All-Star Game in 1937 and 1956 and World Series games in 1924, 1925, and 1933. It served as home for the Negro league Homestead Grays during the 1940s, when it hosted the 1943 and 1944 Negro World Series. It was home to the Washington Redskins of the National Football League for 24 seasons, from the time they transferred from Boston in 1937 through the 1960 season. The ballpark was demolished in 1965; the site is now occupied by Howard University Hospital. 32,000 (1921); 27,550 (1961). GRIFFITH STADIUM FACTS #. American League Park, Beyer’s Seventh Street Park, League Park, National Park (until 1920), Clark Griffith Park (1922). Renamed Griffith Stadium in 1920. Loudspeaker horn high on the wall in center. The center-field wall detoured around five houses and a tree that jutted into the field of play. Right-field foul line was the grandstand wall for the last 15 in front of the foul pole. It was downhill from the plate to first base, to save a step for slow Washington batters. Presidents traditionally opened each season by throwing out the first ball in this stadium. National Bohemian Beer bottle, above right-center scoreboard, was approximately 50 feet tall. Park was rebuilt after March 17, 1911, fire; completed on July 24, 1911. Double-decked in 1920 from the bases down to the foul poles. New roof higher than the original second deck roof behind the plate. Hosted the 1956 and 1937 All-Star games. Park demolished from January 26 to August 14, 1965. 909 of the seats are now in use at Tinker Field in Orlando, Florida. A great looking conversation piece for your den, or as a great place to toss the dice if you play one of the several excellent tabletop baseball games on the market such as Strat-O-Matic, or APBA. This beauty features heavy duty’piano-style’ hinges, a felted bottom to protect your desk or tabletop, and has been lined on the interior with. 030 transparent plexiglass to protect your dice-throwing surface, and to ensure a true dice roll. Its approx dimensions are 12 1/4″ x 8 3/4″ x 5 1/2 deep and certainly will become a family heirloom to be passed down from one baseball-loving generation to the next. If you play dice baseball, what better way to suspend your dis-belief, and imagine yourself in the Nation’s Capital in mid-century when Washington was known as “First in War, First in Peace and Last in the American League”. The Senator’s weren’t very good, but their Ball Park was interesting! The humidor is in very good condition. The balls and strikes are set to 3 &2, but you can adjust the outs and the Home and Visiting Team score (from 0-14). This is a fabulous and unique addition to my line of cigar box stadiums if you play APBA or Strat-O-Matic dice baseball. In fact this humidor even has a nod to these great tabletop baseball games on the inside walls.