Retroactively known as "Old Beaver Field", it had a capacity of 500 and stood between present-day Osmond and Frear Laboratories, now the site of a parking lot.

These funds made it possible to lay out a quarter-mile track enclosing baseball and football grounds, tennis courts, and a grandstand.

[1] The field opened on November 6, 1893, after a two-day weather delay, with a game against Western University of Pittsburgh that Penn State won 32–0.

[2] Beaver Field began as a plot of grass on Penn State's campus located in the academic village.

Calls from students pushed the university to begin exploring its options to expand its athletic facilities.