The park was acquired in 1940,[2] shortly after the closure of Normandale elementary school on the same site.

Lind coached the Erv Lind Florists, a women's fast-pitch softball team based at Normandale Park, from 1937[5] until his death in 1964; the team won the ASA Softball national tournament twice, in 1944 and again in 1964, along with many state and regional championships.

The stadium was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024 under its original name, Normandale Field.

[8] In 1930 Cora E. Felt, a Portland schoolteacher of more than three decades, resigned following accusations from at least 26 parents of her having imposed extreme corporal punishment on her students.

Principal Kate E. Young was also implicated, though she may not have faced specific repercussions.