[2] It is named after a boundary line that was determined in the 1816 Treaty of St. Louis between the Odawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi tribes and the United States government.

[3] Indian Boundary Park once had a small zoo,[2] which began with a single American black bear.

In later years, it primarily housed farm animals, such as goats, ducks, and chickens.

[2] The park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995,[7] and the fieldhouse was named a Chicago Landmark in 2005.

[9] Restoration to the fieldhouse began in the late summer of 2013 after extensive negotiations between the Chicago Park District and the insurance provider.