Tavern Club (Cleveland, Ohio)

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Location3522 Prospect Ave., Cleveland, Ohio
Coordinates 41°30′4.9″N81°39′45.3″W / 41.501361°N 81.662583°W / 41.501361; -81.662583 Coordinates: 41°30′4.9″N81°39′45.3″W / 41.501361°N 81.662583°W / 41.501361; -81.662583
Arealess than one acre
Built1905
ArchitectDyer, J. Milton
Architectural styleNorthern Renaissance
MPS Upper Prospect MRA
NRHP reference No. 84000235 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 1, 1984

The Tavern Club is a private social club in the Central neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Its home is a building designed by architect J. Milton Dyer in a Northern Renaissance style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1] It was also designated as a landmark by the City of Cleveland. [2] Tavern was built at a time when, just a block away, Cleveland's Millionaire's Row on Euclid Avenue was among the wealthiest neighborhoods in the world, and home to many members. [3]

Dyer was a member of the Tavern Club, which was established 1892–93. He designed a building for the group when it moved from a leased property at 968 Prospect Street to its present building on January 1, 1905. Dyer's design was inspired by his admiration of the clubhouses of the Heidelberg University dueling societies. [4] "The exterior construction and the traditional interior decor of the building" have remained essentially the same since the club's beginning. [5]

The upstairs originally contained two squash courts and a rackets court. The Tavern Club Invitational, [6] a Professional Squash Doubles tournament, benefits the youth empowerment through squash program, Urban Squash Cleveland. [7]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Cleveland Designated Landmarks: Property Detail". Cleveland Landmarks Commission. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  3. Cigliano, Jan (1991). Showplace of America: Cleveland's Euclid Avenue, 1850-1910. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press. pp. 298–300. ISBN   0-87338-445-8.
  4. Schafer, Gilbert P. (1981). A History of The Tavern Club from an Architect's Point of View. Cleveland, Ohio: The Tavern Club. p. 3. ASIN   B000738FPC.
  5. "Tavern Club". The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. 1997-07-22. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  6. "2019 Tavern Club Open". Squash Doubles Association Pro Tour. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  7. "2019 Tavern Club Invitational". Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP. Retrieved August 18, 2018.