The new Deer Park Roofing facility now stands on the site of that baseball diamond. Deer Park was laid out in 1886 as a suburb of residences. Still mostly rural, Deer Park was incorporated as a village in 1912. There were 327 residents. Most of the meetings of the leaders pushing to incorporate the area as a village were held in the back room of Dwires Saloon. So when Deer Park was formed, council meetings were held in that same room. At the end of meetings, official minutes say, ''council adjourned to the bar.''