1333 Ottawa Ave.

Historical marker location:

1333 Ottawa Ave, Ottawa, Illinois

( Marker is at the intersection of Ottawa Avenue and River Lane, on the right when traveling east on Ottawa Avenue.)

circa 1852

The Chicago Cubs baseball team has the longest championship drought in North American professional sports history. The Cubs won their last World Series in 1908, and they famously ended their 108-year championship drought by winning the World Series in 2016.