{"nrhp_refnum":"82001203","name":"New York Yacht Club","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"37 W. 44th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.75572651600007,"lon":-73.98157609142167,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-29","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1987-05-28","areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Maritime History"],"significance_levels":["national","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A seven-story brick and stone clubhouse at 37 West 44th Street in midtown Manhattan, built in 1899-1900 for the New York Yacht Club and designed by Whitney Warren of Warren & Wetmore.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a brilliant example of neo-Baroque style and a model of Beaux-Arts design principles. It established the reputation of Warren & Wetmore and is described as equal in merit to the firm's Grand Central Terminal. It also reflects the history of America's oldest and foremost yachting organization and the Gilded Age tradition of private men's clubs.","narrative":"Midtown Manhattan's West 44th Street holds the clubhouse of the New York Yacht Club, built in 1899-1900. Seven stories tall, with two within the mansard roof, it is faced in fine-grained stone over brick. Architect Whitney Warren of Warren & Wetmore designed it in a neo-Baroque version of Beaux-Arts style. Its three large bay windows imitate the sterns of Baroque sailing ships and are carved with shells, seaweed, waves and dolphins. Inside, the Model Room, the Rotunda displaying trophies including the America's Cup, and the oak-beamed Grill Room are richly detailed. The club, founded in 1844, moved here after earlier homes in Hoboken, Staten Island and Madison Avenue. Commodore J. P. Morgan prompted construction by offering to buy the site. An architectural competition with seven entrants led to Warren's selection. The building made the firm's reputation, and its marine imagery was meant to show the club's devotion to naval architecture. It has changed little since it opened.","period_of_significance":"1899-1900","architect_builder":"Whitney Warren of Warren & Wetmore","architectural_style":"Neo-Baroque version of Beaux-Arts architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in excellent condition, and used as a clubhouse; described as altered but having changed very little over the years.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.957244-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001203.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001203/ca3c0579b3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001203/ca3c0579b3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dmadeo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nyyc-2007.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmadeo</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nyyc-2007.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319790","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Yacht_Club_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108732896"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/new-york-yacht-club-82001203/"}