{"nrhp_refnum":"78002395","name":"Saturday Club","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"117 W. Wayne Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wayne","county":"Delaware County","state":"PA","lat":40.04353922700005,"lon":-75.38893052699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-03-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story clubhouse at 117 West Wayne Avenue in Wayne, Pennsylvania, built in 1899 for the Saturday Club, a women's club. Its exterior is patterned after Shakespeare's Birthplace at Stratford-upon-Avon, England.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the clubhouse is significant for the club's long record of community service, including educational, philanthropic and health activities. It notes that during the 1917 influenza epidemic and after the attack on Pearl Harbor the building served as a hospital, and that club members produced braille volumes in 1934. The building has also been the center of the club's activities since 1899.","narrative":"Built in 1899 at 117 West Wayne Avenue in Wayne, Pennsylvania, the Saturday Clubhouse is a one-and-one-half story building with half-timbered and stucco walls on metal lath. Its exterior follows the design of Shakespeare's Birthplace at Stratford-upon-Avon, England. The Saturday Club, a women's club founded in 1886, held its meetings and programs there. The interior includes a 50-by-28-foot auditorium with a beamed ceiling, wood paneling and a brick fireplace, plus a stage and a basement dining room. Additions in 1912 included the enclosed porch, board room, stage extension and kitchen. During the 1917 influenza epidemic the building was turned into a hospital, and after Pearl Harbor the club staffed a ten-bed emergency hospital there. Members also prepared braille volumes in 1934 and made surgical dressings for the Red Cross. The building is significant for its long service to the community.","period_of_significance":"1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"English half-timbered and stucco construction, patterned after Shakespeare's Birthplace","criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.782696-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/78002395.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002395/f0b0ee528e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002395/f0b0ee528e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"User:Smallbones on English Wikipedia.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SaturdayClubWaynePA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Smallbones on English Wikipedia.</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SaturdayClubWaynePA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998574","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Club_(Wayne,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7426617"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/delaware-county/saturday-club-78002395/"}