{"nrhp_refnum":"74001456","name":"Union Club","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1211 Euclid Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.50331584000003,"lon":-81.68424336799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-02-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story Second Renaissance Revival clubhouse of Berea sandstone at 1211 Euclid Avenue and East 12th Street in Cleveland, Ohio, opened in December 1905 as the second home of the Union Club.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as the second home of one of Cleveland's most influential gathering places, founded in 1872. It is also an unusual example of the work of architect Charles F. Schweinfurth, who was better known for Richardsonian Romanesque and Jacobethan Revival designs. Its Renaissance palace design was inspired by the University Club in New York by McKim, Mead and White.","narrative":"Occupying the corner of Euclid Avenue and East 12th Street in Cleveland, this four-story clubhouse of Berea sandstone was designed by Charles F. Schweinfurth and opened in December 1905. Its Second Renaissance Revival styling resembles a sixteenth-century Roman palace, with quoins, architraves, a projecting cornice with a fleur-de-lis frieze, and a two-column portico with a balcony. Inside, a great stairhall runs the depth of the building, and the main lounge and third-floor dining room-ballroom are paneled in walnut. The Union Club was organized in 1872 and moved here after buying the site in 1901, following its first home on Euclid Avenue near East 6th Street. Members included Marcus Hanna, James A. Garfield, Charles F. Brush and Samuel Mather. The design departs from Schweinfurth's usual Romanesque and Jacobethan work and drew on the University Club in New York. The building remains in excellent, largely unaltered condition.","period_of_significance":"1905 (20th Century)","architect_builder":"Charles F. Schweinfurth","architectural_style":"Second Renaissance Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Maintained in excellent condition and occupied as a private club; the sandstone exterior is heavily grime-blackened, and electrical and plumbing upgrades have not altered its character.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.412486-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001456.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001456/47cb7cf65c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001456/47cb7cf65c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"LeeG7144","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Union_Club.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">LeeG7144</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Union_Club.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"02000702","name":"Euclid Avenue Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/euclid-avenue-historic-district-02000702/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987474","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29479046"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/union-club-74001456/"}