Hart Park (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin)

Hart Park is a 19.5-acre (7.9 ha) park on the Menomonee River in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Created in 1921 and originally known as City Park, the park has a football/soccer field, baseball diamond, field house, several tennis courts, a skate park, and nature trails.^[2] In 1960, to commemorate Wauwatosa's 125th anniversary, the common council named the park Charles Hart Park to recognize the city's founder.

Hart Park

Former names	City Park (1921–1960)
Address	7300 Chestnut Street Wauwatosa, WI 53213
Owner	City of Wauwatosa Parks and Forestry Division
Capacity	4,900
Surface	artificial turf
Construction
Opened	1921
Renovated	1926 1929 1938 1940 1942 1958 2067 2013 2020
Tenants
Wauwatosa East High School (WIAA) Marquette University High School (WIAA) Marquette Golden Eagles (NCAA) Wauwatosa Curling Club (1925–present)[1] FC Milwaukee Torrent (NPSL) (2017–present) Forward Madison FC (USL1) (2020)
Website
Venue website

A curling facility, sports fields, tennis courts and skating rink were established by 1926. The field house, constructed by the Works Progress Administration, opened in 1929. The WPA made many improvements to the park, including the addition of stone walls, a new football field, bleachers, an indoor curling rink and a parking lot. The roller rink and baseball diamonds opened in 1942.^[3]

The athletic field is artificial turf^[4] and can host high school and college football, soccer, field hockey, and lacrosse.

It is currently used as the home field for the NCAA Marquette Golden Eagles lacrosse teams and, as of 2017, the Milwaukee Torrent soccer team of the NPSL and WPSL .^[5]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hart Park hosted Forward Madison FC as their home venue for the 2020 USL League One season.^[6]

References

1. "History of our Club". wauwatosacurlingclub.com. Wauwatosa Curling Club. Archived from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
2. "City of Wauwatosa, Hart Park". City of Wauwatosa. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
3. "7300 W CHESTNUT ST Architecture and History Inventory". wisconsinhistory.org. Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Archived from the original on July 9, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
4. "Athletic field rentals: Hart Park". City of Wauwatosa. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
5. "Milwaukee Torrent to Call Hart Park, Tosa Home". Tosa Connection. December 2016. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
6. "Forward Madison set for home games at Hart Park in Wauwatosa". ForwardMadisonFC.com. 9 July 2020. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

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