Tavern Club (Cleveland, Ohio)

The Tavern Club is a private social club in the Central neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Its home is a building designed by architect J. Milton Dyer in a Northern Renaissance style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1] It was also designated as a landmark by the City of Cleveland.[2] Tavern was built at a time when, just a block away, Cleveland's Millionaire's Row on Euclid Avenue was among the wealthiest neighborhoods in the world, and home to many members.[3]

Tavern Club
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Back of the club
Location	3522 Prospect Ave., Cleveland, Ohio
Coordinates	41°30′4.9″N 81°39′45.3″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1905
Architect	Dyer, J. Milton
Architectural style	Northern Renaissance
MPS	Upper Prospect MRA
NRHP reference No.	84000235[1]
Added to NRHP	November 1, 1984

Dyer was a member of the Tavern Club, which was established 1892–93. He designed a building for the group when it moved from a leased property at 968 Prospect Street to its present building on January 1, 1905. Dyer's design was inspired by his admiration of the clubhouses of the Heidelberg University dueling societies.[4] "The exterior construction and the traditional interior decor of the building" have remained essentially the same since the club's beginning.[5]

The upstairs originally contained two squash courts and a rackets court. The Tavern Club Invitational,[6] a Professional Squash Doubles tournament, benefits the youth empowerment through squash program, Urban Squash Cleveland.[7]

See also

• List of American gentlemen's clubs

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "Cleveland Designated Landmarks: Property Detail". Cleveland Landmarks Commission. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
3. Cigliano, Jan (1991). Showplace of America: Cleveland's Euclid Avenue, 1850-1910. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press. pp. 298–300. ISBN 0-87338-445-8.
4. Schafer, Gilbert P. (1981). A History of The Tavern Club from an Architect's Point of View. Cleveland, Ohio: The Tavern Club. p. 3. ASIN B000738FPC.
5. "Tavern Club". The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. 1997-07-22. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
6. "2019 Tavern Club Open". Squash Doubles Association Pro Tour. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
7. "2019 Tavern Club Invitational". Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP. Retrieved August 18, 2018.