Robison Field

"Robison Field is the best-known of several names given to a former Major League Baseball park in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the home of the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League from April 27, 1893 until June 6, 1920. Today's Cardinals of the National League began in 1882, as the St. Louis Browns of the then-major American Association. They won four championships during the Association's ten-year existence of 1882 through 1891. During that decade, the team was playing their home games at Sportsman's Park, at the corner of Grand and Dodier. In 1892, four of the Association clubs were absorbed into the National League, and the Association folded. Sportsman's Park remained the home of the Browns during their first NL season. Although the Browns had been the most successful of the Association clubs, they fell on hard times for some years after the merger. For 1893, owner Chris von der Ahe moved his team a few blocks to the northwest and opened a 'New' Sportsman's Park, at the corner of Natural Bridge and Vandeventer. The move to this particular site was part of a "deal", as the property had been owned by a trolley company, who then ran a trolley line out near the ballpark."
Wikipedia

1901 Fire At Robison Field

"The first baseball park built for the club that became the National League St. Louis Cardinals was originally called New Sportsman's Park. Now most commonly known as Robison Field, it was also called League Park and Cardinal Field during its existence. Though the Mound City never realized a pennant there, the park served National League baseball from 1893 to 1920. Fourteen members of that early National League organization have since been immortalized in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. ... Located directly across the street from a popular city park called Fair Grounds Park, the site for the new ball grounds occupied the estate of a wealthy St. Louis real estate broker, Jesse G. Lindell. While the city west of Grand Avenue experienced urban development, Von der Ahe eagerly accepted a fifteen-year lease with terms of $1500 per year for eight years and $2000 per annum for the remaining seven. After his enterprise, the Sportsman's Park Association, obtained approval for a building permit for a frame grandstand and pavilion with an estimated cost of $45,000, the ballpark reached completion by the spring of 1893."
SABR

Crowd on game, 1912

"Located on the former site of the St. Louis Maroons' Union Grounds Park, Robison Field was a wooden park featuring tall iron columns, which were placed behind the stands in order not to interfere with the fans' view of the field. The park was variously called League Park, New Sportsman's Park, and Vandeventer Lot until the Robison brothers bought the Cardinals in 1899 and renamed the park. Robison Field was struck by fire six times in its first ten years and was constantly being rebuilt. A fire during a 1898 game destroyed the grandstand, half of the bleachers, and a nearby saloon. Another blaze occurred during a game on May 4, 1901, but each time, the park was quickly rebuilt. Midway through the 1920 season, Cardinals owner Sam Breadon was forced to sell the stadium for financial reasons, and the Cardinals took up roost with the St. Louis Browns in Sportsman's Park. Beaumont High School today stands where Robison Field once was."
Baseball Reference

1909 St. Louis Cardinal

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"... In the 1880s, the St. Louis Browns of the American Association played home games at Sportsman’s Park at Grand and Dodier. After the merger with the National League in 1892, the team that would become the Cardinals played there for a year until their new venue was ready, opening in 1893 as New Sportsman’s Park. A fire in 1898 precipitated new ownership, the Robisons, who brought Cy Young with them from Cleveland. They rebuilt the stadium, re-named it League Park and adopted a new nickname, the Perfectos. The nickname didn’t stick, mainly because the new owners changed the team colors to red and white instigating a new nickname. The venue became known as Robison Field. The stadium was damaged by fire again in 1901. The Robisons’ niece, Helene Britton, inherited the team in 1911 and officially changed the name of New Sportsman’s Park to Robison Field. During that decade, competition from the American League Browns and Federal League Terriers led to financial problems, and Robison Field fell into disrepair."
The Cardinal Nation blog