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Havana Biltmore Yacht and Country Club, now Club Havana, was an exclusive sports and country club in Havana, Cuba.

Early history

In 1911, the early foundation of the complex was established in the Miramar suburb of Playa, Havana, Cuba.

The main clubhouse of the complex was built in 1928 and established as the Havana Biltmore Yacht and Country Club by American hotelier John Bowman.[1] The architectural firm Moenck & Quintana carried out the design and construction process.[2] President Gerardo Machado laid the first stone of the center on February 1, 1927. It officially opened on February 1, 1928.[3] The beachfront property was managed by the Bowman-Biltmore company.

The country club was a hub for amateur sports and was frequented by wealthy Americans and Havana's elite.[4] Ernest Hemingway used to fish at the Biltmore Yacht Club.[5]

Following the winter of 1957, Miami-based company Polevitzky, Johnson and Associates was commissioned to redesign the original 1920s-era structure but the Cuban Revolution prevented it from ever being constructed.[6] After the revolution, the Biltmore was converted into a public school owned by the Cuban government upon being seized in March 1960.[7]

In 1998, the establishment reopened as Club Havana.[8]

References

  1. ^ Read, Peter John, and Marivic Wyndham. “The Havana Biltmore and the Buena Vista Social Club Two Iconic Buildings in Havana, Cuba.” Cultural Geographies, vol. 25, no. 3, 2018, pp. 491–99. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/26497918. Accessed 18 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Cuba's Vanishing Modernity: The Architecture of Nicolas Quintana (1925-2011)". docomomo-us.org. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  3. ^ "Habana Biltmore Yacht and Country Club, Havana, Cuba". archimages.uprrp.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  4. ^ "Cuba's Vanishing Modernity: The Architecture of Nicolas Quintana (1925-2011)". cubanet.org. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  5. ^ "Splendor Amid Poverty: Gallery Nights With Cuba's Gilded Elite". theatlantic.com. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  6. ^ Moruzzi, P. (2008). Havana before Castro: when Cuba was a tropical playground. Salt Lake City, Utah, Gibbs Smith.
  7. ^ "Cuba Takes Over Havana Yacht Club - Newspapers.com™". newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  8. ^ "New Freedoms in a More Open Cuba". theatlantic.com. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
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