[1] It was just 11 blocks north of the eventual site of Wrigley Field,[2] and held a capacity of approximately 5,000.

[3] A handful of local amateur football and baseball games were played at the location in late autumn of 1904, the first being held on November 2.

[Chicago Tribune, November 3, 1904, p. 8] The venue was initially called "Gunther's Park".

After housing the Gunther Nine of the Chicago City League[4] and the Chicago Green Sox of the outlaw and short-lived United States Baseball League, as well as many other local amateur sporting events, the site was redeveloped in 1920.

It was converted into a recreational park for the benefit of the Ravenswood district, with tennis courts, basketball courts, playgrounds, baseball fields, soccer fields, and pools.