British Government Agent Percival Ackland Dyke purchased a 27-acre land in Jaffna using his own funds to serve as his residency and gardens/grounds.

[4] Dyke bequeathed Old Park, via an irrevocable deed of gift through Queen Victoria, to his successors rent free.

[10] A large army camp was once gain based at Old Park after the Sri Lankan military recaptured the city in 1995.

[12] In July 2011 Minister of National Heritage Jagath Balasuriya declared the old Kachcheri building in Old Park to be a "Protected Monument".

[13] In September 2011 it was alleged that parts of Old Park had been destroyed on the orders of Major General G. A. Chandrasiri, the Governor of the Northern Province.