New York Racquet and Tennis Club

McKim, Mead, and White

dc.coverage.spatial	Site: New York, New York, United States	en_US
dc.coverage.temporal	1916-1918 (creation)	en_US
dc.creator	McKim, Mead, and White	en_US
dc.date	1916-1918	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2013-03-11T15:40:58Z
dc.date.available	2013-03-11T15:40:58Z
dc.date.issued	1916-1918	en_US
dc.identifier	198629	en_US
dc.identifier.other	archrefid: 1294	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/106399
dc.description	Frontal view, east façade, detail of the blind windows and cornice; Designed by McKim, Mead, and White in an eclectic , Italian Renaissance style, the Racquet and Tennis Club building is representative of the ornate private clubs constructed in New York during the early twentieth century. Today it performs an important architectural role on Park Avenue as a foil to the Seagram Building and the Lever House. Construction began on December 20, 1916, and was completed on September 7, 1918. The builder was Mark Edlitz, and the estimated cost was $400,000. The building is about 200 feet by 100 feet (30 m x 60 m) and five stories tall. The exterior is stone and brick over a structural steel frame. According to the original plans, the interior contained three dining rooms, a billiard room, library, lounge, gymnasium, four squash courts, two court tennis (real tennis) courts, and two racquets courts. Today, there are four International squash courts, one North American doubles squash court, one racquets court, and the two tennis courts. On July 13, 1983, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 1/30/2008)	en_US
dc.format.medium	stone; brick; steel	en_US
dc.rights	© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.	en_US
dc.subject	architectural exteriors	en_US
dc.subject	recreation and games	en_US
dc.subject	festivals	en_US
dc.subject	Renaissance Revival	en_US
dc.title	New York Racquet and Tennis Club	en_US
dc.type	image	en_US
dc.rights.access	Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only	en_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode	1A1-MM-RTC-A5	en_US
vra.culturalContext	American	en_US
vra.technique	construction (assembling)	en_US
vra.worktype	society building	en_US
vra.worktype	gymnasium	en_US
dc.contributor.display	McKim, Mead, and White (American architectural firm, 1879-1910)	en_US