Congress Street Grounds opens.

Architect: Morton Safford. Also called the Brotherhood Baseball Grounds, the double-deck stadium is designed in the Classical Revival style, and located at today’s 364 – 382 Congress Street. Built by the Boston Wharf Company and leased to the Boston Players League club, it seats 14,000. The Boston Reds beat Brooklyn 3-2 before 10,000 fans in the first game After the Players League is dissolved at the end of its only season, the facility is used by Boston’s American Association team in 1891, for Gaelic football and track and field meets in 1892, New England League baseball in 1893, and as a temporary home for Boston’s National League team in 1894.* The ballpark is demolished to make way for construction of warehouses and the extension of A Street in the fall of 1896.