{"nrhp_refnum":"79002326","name":"Philadelphia Racquet Club","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"213-225 S. 16th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.94897484200004,"lon":-75.16760489399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-08-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four- and six-story reinforced-concrete private club building at 1700 block of Sixteenth Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with brick curtain walls and marble and terra-cotta trim. It was designed in the Georgian Revival style and completed in 1907.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a notable Georgian Revival design that handles its large scale with restrained, accurate detailing. It also cites its early use of reinforced-concrete construction and its athletic facilities, including a third-floor swimming pool, as important to engineering and social history. The club's sporting achievements and prominent membership are presented as further reasons for its importance.","narrative":"Completed in 1907 to designs by Horace Trumbauer, this four- and six-story club building in Philadelphia uses reinforced concrete behind a red brick Georgian Revival facade with a marble and terra-cotta Doric frontispiece and a coat of arms in the pediment. Its scale is far larger than an eighteenth-century townhouse, yet its proportions and details follow Georgian principles. Its importance rests on several points: the building applied reinforced concrete at an early date, the third-floor swimming pool was set on a steel cradle resting on twelve concrete columns, and the interior included a central stair hall, dining rooms, and athletic courts. The club's chartered history since 1889 and its squash and court tennis achievements are also cited as reasons for its standing. The exterior has changed little since opening.","period_of_significance":"1900-1907","architect_builder":"Horace Trumbauer (architect); Doyle and Doak (contractors); Roebling Construction Co. (reinforced-steel contractors)","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Few changes since opening; exterior appearance unaltered, with interior alterations in 1910, 1911, 1949, 1950 and the 1950s-1963.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.906053-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002326.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002326/20994b2bc0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002326/20994b2bc0-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Thewinners (Wiki Takes Philadelphia 2 participant)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WTP2_Thewinners_IMG_1952.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Thewinners (Wiki Takes Philadelphia 2 participant)</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WTP2_Thewinners_IMG_1952.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"87002203","name":"Center City West Commercial Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/center-city-west-commercial-historic-district-87002203/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997288","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racquet_Club_of_Philadelphia","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7279839"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/philadelphia-racquet-club-79002326/"}