106 years ago, a man named Charles Weeghman hired architect Zachary Taylor Davis to construct a ballpark on Chicago’s north side for his new Federal League team, the Chi-Feds (or Whales). The 14,000 seat concrete and steel single-deck stadium, which cost roughly $250,000 to build, opened for the club in April 1914. Today the ballpark still stands and is known as Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs.
A majority of Cubs fans likely know the basic story of how Wrigley Field came to be over a century ago. In 2014 when they celebrated the 100th anniversary of the park, the Cubs and Arizona Diamondbacks even wore throwback Federal League uniforms during the home opener.