{"nrhp_refnum":"75001342","name":"Lagonda Club Building","other_names":["Chamber of Commerce Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NW corner of High and Spring Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Springfield","county":"Clark County","state":"OH","lat":39.923438617000045,"lon":-83.80838286399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-05-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story brick and stone clubhouse at the northwest corner of High and Spring Streets in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, opened in 1895 and designed by Frank M. Andrews of the Dayton firm Williams & Andrews.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its architecture, as an early example of the Louis Sullivan and Beaux Arts approach by a well-recognized architect, and for the social values it represented as a private club for Springfield's wealthy society. Its exterior remains almost unchanged since 1895.","narrative":"Opened in November 1895 at High and Spring Streets in Springfield, the Lagonda Club Building was built as a private social club for the city's wealthy families. Architect Frank M. Andrews of Dayton designed it with a limestone basement, buff-pink brick upper floors, Bedford stone trim, art nouveau stained glass, carved acanthus panels and a triple-arched portico on the third floor. A net-patterned brick design covers the fourth floor. The nomination links the design to Louis Sullivan and the Beaux Arts school. The club spent heavily on lavish furnishings but declined as the Springfield Country Club rose, closing in 1923. The Chamber of Commerce then owned it for about forty years, removing the grand staircase and subdividing rooms into offices. After a period of vacancy and temporary tenants, it was reoccupied in 1974 by professional offices and a printer. Its exterior remains virtually intact, and the nomination cites both its architecture and its social history.","period_of_significance":"1895","architect_builder":"Frank M. Andrews of Williams & Andrews, Dayton","architectural_style":"Louis Sullivan / Beaux Arts influenced; sometimes called French Renaissance","criteria":[],"status_note":"Exterior is largely intact; interior altered during Chamber of Commerce ownership. Occupied in 1974 by law offices, other professionals and a printing establishment.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.915634-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/75001342.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001342/e7d103c348-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001342/e7d103c348-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lagonda_Club_Building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lagonda_Club_Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987100","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagonda_Club_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14716578"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/clark-county/lagonda-club-building-75001342/"}