Saturday, January 25, 2014

What Happened to Chicago's Farragut Boat Club?

A couple days ago, I wrote about softball being first played at the Farragut Boat Club in Chicago. I've never heard of the club or building so looked it up. //// From answer.com. //// The Farragut Boat Club was located at 3016-3018 Lake Park Avenue. //// The site is now on the grounds of Michael Reese Hospital (now closed) on the Near South Side. The clubhouse was demolished around 1952. There is a monument on the site from a softball federation and a plaque describes what happened there in 1887. //// Now You Know. --Cooter

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