Cincinnati Gymnasium and Athletic Club explained

Cincinnati Gymnasium and Athletic Club
Location:111 Shillito Pl., Cincinnati, Ohio
Coordinates:39.1025°N -84.5153°W
Built:1902
Architect:Warner & Atkins
Architecture:Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Second Renaissance Revival
Added:February 17, 1983
Refnum:83001978
Designated Other1:CLHL

The Cincinnati Gymnasium and Athletic Club is a historic building in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Located on Shillito Place in the city's downtown, 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.[1]

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

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Notes and References

  1. Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 575.
  2. , Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2010-10-15.