Racquet Club of Chicago

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The Racquet Club of Chicago is a prestigious private athletic club at 1365 North Dearborn Street in Chicago, within the Gold Coast Historic District. The classical revival building was designed by architect Andrew Rebori, constructed in 1923.^[1] It is a contributing structure within the National Register Gold Coast Historic District.

The Racquet Club currently features squash courts (two North American singles, two North American doubles, and one International singles),^[2] two racquets courts,^[3] and one indoor tennis court. The tennis court was converted from a real tennis court.^[4] The racquets courts are the world's western-most active venue for that sport.

[edit] References

1. ^ City of Chicago. "Chicago Landmarks Historical Resources Survey". http://w16.cityofchicago.org/landmark/SilverStream/Pages/landmarksDetails.html?ca_p=08&id_p=084302026&class_p=1&color_p=OR. Retrieved on April 12 2006. 
2. ^ United States Squash Racquets Association. "Doubles Court Survey". http://www.us-squash.org/ussra/doublessurvey.html. Retrieved on April 12 2006. 
3. ^ James Zug. "Lost Courts of America: Chicago Athletic Association". http://uscta.org/html/lost_courts.html. Retrieved on April 12 2006. 
4. ^ Temple Grassi. "Real Tennis Online Forum". http://www.realtennisonline.com/rto/content2.asp?c_id=1278&c_replyto=1278&c_contentsubtype=6&s_search=6. Retrieved on April 12 2006. 

Coordinates: 41°54′27″N 87°37′47″W / 41.9075°N 87.62972°W / 41.9075; -87.62972

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