On July 2, 1884, a meeting was held in the office J. W. Mitchell that decided to issue 120 shares of stock at $10 each for the purpose of preparing a baseball park.

Built in a largely unpopulated area of prairie land, on the grounds of the State Fair of Texas, fences and a grandstand were erected on the site by 1885.

Two big-league ball clubs barnstormed through Houston in 1887, the New York Giants and the St. Louis Browns, and played at Herald Park.

[9] Herald Park was the site of the first modern Texas League game between Houston and Galveston on April 1, 1888.

The ballpark's demise was foreshadowed by a 1903 meeting of the Fourth Ward Civic Club, where they advocated removal of the park.

[7] Houston's professional baseball team played its last game at the park against the Beaumont Millionaires on July 1, 1904.

[18] According to the April 21, 1906 edition of Sporting Life, this game was the origin of the "Texas Leaguer", a single that falls just outside the infield, because Pickering's first seven at bats were consecutively successful in this manner.

[25] Herald Park was served by the Houston Electric Company's South End line, which provided street car access during its time.