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Union Base-Ball Grounds was one of several names applied to a Baseball park located in Chicago, Illinois . 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 Millennium Park . The Great 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
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