Cub/Chance Building

This vernacular brick commercial building was constructed in 1912 by Frank Chance, best known as the first baseman in the famous (c. 1912-15) Chicago Cubs double-play combination “Tinkers-to-Evers-to-Chance.” It was also known as the “Cub Building” because it housed the Cub Grocery for many years. A fire several years ago led to the structure being seismically retrofitted with senior citizen apartments created on the second floor.

The Frank Chance Building, also known as the Cub Building, was located on the corner of Michigan and Minnehaha avenues (now Glendora Avenue and Foothill Boulevard) and was built in 1912 by Frank Chance. Cub Grocery occupied the north portion (Glendora Avenue side) of the building for many years and was famous for offering 10 cent loaves of bread that were express shipped every morning from the Buffalo Baking Co. in Los Angeles. Frank Leroy Chance, first baseman for the Chicago Cubs, was a member of the famous "Tinkers to Evers to Chance" double play combination that completed 1,213 double plays in eleven seasons; he was also famous for being the first player ever to be ejected from a World Series game (in 1910). Chance eventually went on to manage the Cubs.

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