Midwest Athletic Club
Midwest Athletic Club | |
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41°52′52″N 87°43′16″W / 41.88111°N 87.72111°W / 41.88111; -87.72111 | |
Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
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Built | 1926-28 |
Architect | Michaelsen & Rognstad |
NRHP reference No. | 84000138[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 18, 1984 |
The Midwest Athletic Club is a historic athletic club building located at 6 N. Hamlin Ave. in the West Garfield Park community area of Chicago, Illinois. The club was built in 1926-28 under the direction of a committee of West Side business leaders. The thirteen-story building's design featured ornamental terra cotta, large arched windows on the third floor, and a mansard roof; it also provided views of Garfield Park, the north side of which was across the street. Its facilities included an Olympic-sized swimming pool, a gymnasium and exercise rooms, handball courts, billiard rooms, a library, dining rooms, and a ballroom. The club grew to include 2000 members in its first year, most of them businessmen and their families; however, the building entered receivership in 1930 and was converted into a hotel.[2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 18, 1984.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Benjamin, Susan S. (October 5, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: The Midwest Athletic Club" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 30, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
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