{"nrhp_refnum":"78002127","name":"Toledo Club","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"14th St. and Madison Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Toledo","county":"Lucas County","state":"OH","lat":41.65570134600006,"lon":-83.54448483099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-12-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story brick and limestone private clubhouse at 14th Street and Madison Avenue in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, designed by architect George S. Mills. Contracts for the building were let in 1913 and the date 1915 is given as its specific date.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the finest example of Georgian Revival architecture in Toledo, notable for its detailing and materials. It is also important for its link to Toledo's industrial and financial growth, as an early club for the city's wealthy entrepreneurs. The carved dark oak interior is singled out as especially notable.","narrative":"Standing at the corner of 14th Street and Madison Avenue in Toledo, this five-story clubhouse is faced in brick and limestone in the Georgian classical manner. The Madison Avenue side has a semicircular bay with Corinthian attached columns rising through the third and fourth stories, and the ground floor is rusticated. Inside, a two-story lobby with a balcony is paneled in oak and has a freely treated Doric order, while the main lounge, also oak-paneled, has a shallow coffered vault ceiling. An athletic wing added after 1925 holds bowling alleys, handball courts, a pool and a gymnasium. The club grew out of the Draconian Club, incorporated in 1889, and first met in a brownstone at Madison and Huron. Contracts for the present building were let in 1913, with plans by Toledo architect George S. Mills after he toured eastern clubs with the board. It is regarded as the city's finest Georgian Revival structure and reflects the wealth of Toledo's industrial and financial leaders.","period_of_significance":"1915","architect_builder":"George S. Mills (Architect)","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival (Georgian classical idiom)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Private club, occupied; an athletic wing was added after 1925.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.425216-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/78002127.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002127/a8704ad196-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002127/a8704ad196-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toledo_Club_front_and_western_side.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toledo_Club_front_and_western_side.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100009042","name":"Uptown Toledo Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/uptown-toledo-historic-district-100009042/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990021","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117066103"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lucas-county/toledo-club-78002127/"}