{"nrhp_refnum":"08000110","name":"Scarsdale Woman's Club","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"37 Drake Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Scarsdale","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":40.989395597000055,"lon":-73.79226515199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-02-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Second Empire residence with major later additions at 37 Drake Road in Scarsdale, Westchester County, New York, built likely as early as 1858 for William Bailey Lang and now used as a clubhouse, with a former carriage house.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a distinctive example of eclectically styled social architecture, blending Victorian and classical styles, notably through Hobart Upjohn's 1941 additions. It is also significant in social history for the role the Scarsdale Woman's Club has played in village life, having started some 14 community organizations.","narrative":"Set on a 3.9-acre lot with broad lawns and specimen trees, including a white oak over 400 years old, this Second Empire house at 37 Drake Road in Scarsdale serves as a clubhouse. It was likely built as early as 1858 for iron merchant William Bailey Lang, who enlarged it in 1872. Its mansard roof is clad in red and blue hexagonal slates. The Scarsdale Woman's Club acquired the house in 1928 and expanded it several times. Architect Hobart Upjohn's 1941 work added a classical front porch, French windows across the front and a porte-cochere. A former carriage house also stands on the grounds. The property was listed for its architecture, an unusual blend of Victorian and classical styles, and for its social history. The club, organized in 1919, helped start about 14 local organizations, among them the League of Women Voters and the Scarsdale Art Association, and it ran the Scarsdale Inquirer from 1919 to 1959.","period_of_significance":"1858-1956","architect_builder":"Upjohn, Hobart (1941 additions)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Second Empire; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Eclectic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a clubhouse; several restoration projects have been carried out and a study of the grounds has been undertaken.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.093558-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/08000110.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000110/23b2a23ffb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000110/23b2a23ffb-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scarsdale_Woman%27s_Club_37_Drake_Rd,_cloudy_jeh.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scarsdale_Woman%27s_Club_37_Drake_Rd,_cloudy_jeh.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323207","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarsdale_Woman%27s_Club","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7430539"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/scarsdale-womans-club-08000110/"}