{"nrhp_refnum":"03001102","name":"National Town and Country Club","other_names":["Fenn College","CSU--Fenn Tower (CUY-140-1)"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2401 Euclid Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.50239696600005,"lon":-81.67207200999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-10-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A twenty-one story Art Deco skyscraper at 2401 Euclid Avenue, at the corner of East 24th Street in Cleveland, Ohio, built in 1930 as the clubhouse of the National Town and Country Club and later known as Fenn Tower.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a good example of Art Deco or Modernistic skyscraper architecture in downtown Cleveland, with a setback design, vertical emphasis and streamlined geometric ornament. It was designed by the New York firm George B. Post and Sons and was among the tallest buildings in Cleveland when built. It also reflects the city's club life and the last eastward push of commercial development along Euclid Avenue.","narrative":"Rising twenty-one stories at Euclid Avenue and East 24th Street in Cleveland, this buff brick and steel-frame tower was completed in 1930 as the clubhouse of the National Town and Country Club. New York architects George B. Post and Sons designed it, with Thompson-Starrett Company as general contractor, at a cost of $1.5 million. Its setbacks, ranks of vertical windows and abstract geometric ornament, reminiscent of Mayan design, make it a good example of Art Deco skyscraper design. When built it was one of the tallest buildings in the city. The site had held the Rufus K. Winslow House, one of the Victorian mansions that once lined Euclid Avenue. The first eight floors held club facilities and the next ten held 122 bedrooms. Fenn College took over the building in 1937, and it later became the main classroom building of Cleveland State University.","period_of_significance":"1930","architect_builder":"George B. Post and Sons, NYC, architect; Thompson-Starrett Co., Chicago, contractors","architectural_style":"Modern Movement - Art Deco","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Fenn College moved into the building in 1937, and it became the main classroom building when Cleveland State University was formed in 1964. The form lists its current function as education (college).","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.356053-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/03001102.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001102/b2970bf540-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001102/b2970bf540-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Tallonator (talk) (Uploads)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FennTCSU.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tallonator (talk) (Uploads)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FennTCSU.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987355","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenn_Tower","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14716415"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/national-town-and-country-club-03001102/"}