"[2] A year later the [Red Stockings] leased the grounds of the Union Cricket Club for its home tilts.

Aaron Champion ordered that approximately $10,000 worth of improvements be made to the home grounds for the 1867 season, including grading and sodding of the field and building of a new clubhouse and stands.

A road called Lincoln Place (which no longer exists) separated the main park from the ball field.

[4] One of them was held on July 4, featuring the Boston Red Stockings as the "visitors" and the Washington Olympics as the "home" team.

A plaque on the site, honoring the Red Stockings, states that the diamond and the main stands faced the northwest.