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Union Base-ball GroundsUnion Base-Ball Grounds was one of several names applied to a baseball park located in Chicago, IL. The ballpark was also called White-Stocking Park, because it was the home field of the Chicago White Stockings of the National Association for the 1871 season. The ballpark was very visibly downtown, on a small block bounded by Michigan Avenue on the west, Randolph Street on the north, and railroad tracks and the then-much-closer lakeshore on the east. That is, it was on the plot of ground that is now a little standalone piece of Grant Park, at its northwest corner. The Chicago Fire of October 8 destroyed the ballpark and all the team's possessions, and they went out of business for a couple of years. They renewed play in 1874 at 23rd Street Grounds which was their home for four years. By 1878 they were in the National League and opened a new park on the same site as the 1871 park. This rebuilt park was usually called Lake-Shore Park or just Lake Park. The team played here through the 1884 season, after which they moved to the first West Side Park. Primary source: "Green Cathedrals", by Philip J. Lowry.
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