Midwest Athletic Club

The Midwest Athletic Club is a historic athletic club building located at 6 N. Hamlin Ave. in the West Garfield Park community area of Chicago, Illinois. The club was built in 1926-28 under the direction of a committee of West Side business leaders. The thirteen-story building's design featured ornamental terra cotta, large arched windows on the third floor, and a mansard roof; it also provided views of Garfield Park, the north side of which was across the street. Its facilities included an Olympic-sized swimming pool, a gymnasium and exercise rooms, handball courts, billiard rooms, a library, dining rooms, and a ballroom. The club grew to include 2000 members in its first year, most of them businessmen and their families; however, the building entered receivership in 1930 and was converted into a hotel.[2]

Midwest Athletic Club
Midwest Athletic Club is located in Chicago metropolitan area
Midwest Athletic Club
Midwest Athletic Club is located in Illinois
Midwest Athletic Club
Midwest Athletic Club is located in the United States
Midwest Athletic Club
Location6 N. Hamlin Ave., Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates41°52′52″N 87°43′16″W
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1926-28
ArchitectMichaelsen & Rognstad
NRHP reference No.84000138[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 18, 1984

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 18, 1984.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Benjamin, Susan S. (October 5, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: The Midwest Athletic Club" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 30, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2016.


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