{"nrhp_refnum":"76001476","name":"Toledo Yacht Club","other_names":["Tyc"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Bay View Park","address_restricted":false,"city":"Toledo","county":"Lucas County","state":"OH","lat":41.69314419700004,"lon":-83.47542899799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-12-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story reinforced concrete yacht clubhouse at Bay View Park in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, designed by architect A. Burnside Sturges and completed in 1908 by the H.J. Speiker Co.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the club is the oldest yacht club in the Toledo area and the 11th oldest in the United States. It is home to the Mills Trophy and President's Cup races. The building is also described as architecturally unusual for the Great Lakes region and is valued as a local landmark.","narrative":"Toledo Yacht Club occupies a reinforced concrete clubhouse at Bay View Park, on land leased from the city. Architect A. Burnside Sturges designed it in 1907-08 after four earlier clubhouses were lost to fire, and it was built to be fireproof at a cost of $26,700. Its shaped gables, stucco walls, tile roofs and arcaded verandas draw on West Indies and Mission-style sources, which the form calls highly unusual for the Great Lakes. Inside, four Doric columns with their original marbleizing frame the central hall. The club began as the Toledo Boat Club in 1865 and took its present name in 1904. It is described as the oldest yacht club in the area and the 11th oldest in the country, a founding member of the Inter Lake Yachting Association, and the home of the Mills Trophy and the President's Cup races, the latter begun in 1909 by President William H. Taft.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"A. Burnside Sturges (architect); H.J. Speiker Co. (builder)","architectural_style":"Eclectic West Indies elements reminiscent of Mission style (data sheet lists Mission)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in use as a yacht club; the form says the club continues as one of the Great Lakes' most active.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.133309-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/76001476.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001476/abbcb14369-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001476/abbcb14369-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toledo_Yacht_Club,_Toledo_(Lucas_County,_Ohio).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toledo_Yacht_Club,_Toledo_(Lucas_County,_Ohio).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989999","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_Yacht_Club","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7814200"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lucas-county/toledo-yacht-club-76001476/"}