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Cincinnati Gymnasium and Athletic Club
Front and side of the building
Cincinnati Gymnasium and Athletic Club is located in Ohio
Cincinnati Gymnasium and Athletic Club
Location111 Shillito Pl., Cincinnati, Ohio
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1902
ArchitectWarner & Atkins
Architectural styleLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Second Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No.83001978[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 17, 1983

The Cincinnati Gymnasium and Athletic Club is a historic building in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Located on Shillito Place in the city's downtown,[1] it was built for a club of the same name. Founded in 1853 by a group of Cincinnati elites, including Rutherford B. Hayes, the society chose to erect a new headquarters in 1902; at the time of its completion, this four-story building was hailed as one of the country's best athletic facilities, second only to the gymnasium at Columbia University in New York City.[2]

A Second Renaissance Revival building designed by the firm of Warner and Atkins,[1] the building is built of brick with stone and metal elements.[3] Among these elements are rusticated stone courses, a molded balustrade, and trimmed windows.[2] In recognition of its distinctive and historically significant architecture, the club building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 575.
  3. ^ Cincinnati Gymnasium and Athletic Club, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2010-10-15.