[citation needed] The club's first official National Association home game was played on June 3.

[5] After an early Athletics franchise was expelled from the National League following the 1876 season, the field fell into disuse.

The City of Philadelphia cut 26th Street through the lot, allowing the eastern half of the large block to be developed.

A new American Association team, also called the Athletics, decided to move from their Oakdale Park after their inaugural 1882 season.

Beginning in 1883, the Athletics leased the western half of the Jefferson Street lot, and erected a new diamond and grandstands at the northwest corner.

[9] On March 1, 1890, the Kensington Rovers and Philadelphia South End soccer clubs met at the ballpark in what the Philadelphia Inquirer called "the roughest and most exciting game of football (under English Association rules) that has ever been played in this city..."[10] The last major league game played in the park was October 11, 1890.

The ballpark site is currently occupied by various structures including Daniel Boone Public School, also known as Camelot Academy, at 1435 N 26th St, and the Athletic Recreation Center and its ball fields.