The Campo Atlético Charles H. Terry was built in 1909 by initiative of then Ponce High School students Cayetano Pou, Rafael Matienzo and Francisco Perez, and the financial backing of Lucas P. Valdivieso and Fernando Luis Toro.

[2] The Charles H. Terry Athletic Field opened in November 1910, in barrio Quinto, in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Its original intended use was to serve as an athletics, sports, and baseball field for students of the new Ponce High School.

[6] The American teacher Charles H. Terry, who in 1909 was named superintendent of Ponce public schools, made the arrangements with the United States Army stationed at the old Spanish Military headquarters adjacent to the field to acquire the area where the athletic field would be built.

On 27 February 1930 the daily Aguila de Puerto Rico announces a ceremony to name the field, which so far was called the local playground and Liga del Castillo, as Campo Atletico Charles H. Terry.

On 21 May 1992, the area beneath the grand stand is converted into a city sports museum, Museo Francisco "Pancho" Coimbre.

[12] The celebrations commemorating the 100th anniversary of the park took place on 20 November 2010 at the Francisco "Pancho" Coimbre Sports Museum.