{"nrhp_refnum":"87000758","name":"Germantown Cricket Club","other_names":["Manheim Club"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5140 Morris St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":40.02327196750005,"lon":-75.17348001640545,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-02-27","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1987-02-27","areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A private athletic and social club complex on the northern edge of its grounds in Germantown, Philadelphia, comprising a main Georgian Revival clubhouse, an Athletic Building, a playing field, an outbuilding, a stable, and an entrance gate and fence. The main clubhouse was built in 1890-91 to designs by Charles F. McKim of McKim, Mead & White.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the club is the second oldest surviving cricket club in the United States and that its cricket played at international rank in the 19th century. It states that the club played an important role in the history of tennis, most notably through William T. Tilden II, and that the clubhouse is an excellent example of Georgian Revival design by McKim, Mead & White.","narrative":"Set on the northern edge of its grounds in Germantown, Philadelphia, the clubhouse was designed by Charles F. McKim and built in 1890-91 for the Germantown Cricket Club. Its main block is a Flemish-bond brick building of two and a half stories with a massive gable roof, and its lawn front is screened by a two-story colonnade. Wings added by McKim, Mead & White in 1902 and 1907 extend the building, and the firm also built a three-story Athletic Building in 1901 with squash courts, bowling alleys and an indoor swimming pool. The adjoining lawn has kept its original layout since 1890 and hosted the Davis Cup matches of the 1920s. The club's grounds also include a late nineteenth-century stable, a small outbuilding remodeled by McKim, and wrought-iron gates and a brick fence. The property is important for its cricket history, its role in American tennis through William T. Tilden II, and its clubhouse as an early example of the Georgian Revival style the firm later popularized.","period_of_significance":"1890-1891","architect_builder":"Charles F. McKim (architect); McKim, Mead & White (architects of later wings and Athletic Building)","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"The grandstand and the pre-existing McKean House have been demolished; the other listed features remain, with some early 20th-century modifications. The Juniors' Clubhouse is presently used for storage, and the playing field is principally used for lawn tennis.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.91155-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/87000758_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000758/28eed97fc0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000758/28eed97fc0-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Germantown_cricket_club_on_5140_morris_street.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Germantown_cricket_club_on_5140_morris_street.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994363","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germantown_Cricket_Club","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3459758"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/germantown-cricket-club-87000758/"}