{"nrhp_refnum":"83001741","name":"Racquet and Tennis Club Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"370 Park Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.75874523300007,"lon":-73.97317053699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-07-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story private clubhouse at 370 Park Avenue in Manhattan, occupying the west side of the avenue between 52nd and 53rd Streets. It was built in 1916-18 to designs by McKim, Mead & White, with Marc Eidlitz and Son as builder.","why_significant":"The building is presented as a superb work of McKim, Mead & White and a notable example of neo-Italian Renaissance design based on Beaux-Arts principles. It was the third home of the Racquet and Tennis Club and is scaled to the width of Park Avenue. It also survives as a reminder of the avenue's early residential character and drew praise from Modern Movement critics beside Lever House and the Seagram Building.","narrative":"Occupying the entire west side of Park Avenue between 52nd and 53rd Streets, this five-story clubhouse was built in 1916-18 for the Racquet and Tennis Club. McKim, Mead & White designed it, with William Symmes Richardson credited as the designer, and Marc Eidlitz and Son built it. Its rusticated granite base, arched openings and second-floor loggia recall an Italian palazzo, while details such as racquets worked into the column capitals and terra-cotta frieze allude to the club's purpose. Large blind arches at the fourth story mark the racquets, tennis and squash courts inside. The club moved here after commercial development crowded its West 43rd Street building, and Robert Walton Goelet built the clubhouse on his land and leased it to the club. Later critics noted how it faces the Seagram Building and Lever House, praising its classical composition. It remains a reminder of Park Avenue's early residential character and one of the firm's outstanding New York works.","period_of_significance":"1916-18","architect_builder":"McKim, Mead & White (design credited to William Symmes Richardson); Marc Eidlitz and Son, builder and contractor","architectural_style":"Neo-Italian Renaissance, Beaux-Arts principles","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a private club; only minor changes to dining rooms and lounges are noted.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.891606-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001741.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001741/8aa4e71228-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001741/8aa4e71228-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Racquet_and_Tennis_Club_370_Park_Avenue.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond My Ken</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Racquet_and_Tennis_Club_370_Park_Avenue.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319849","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racquet_and_Tennis_Club","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7279841"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/racquet-and-tennis-club-building-83001741/"}