University Club Manhattan

     University Club is a private social club located at 1 West 54th Street and 5th Avenue in midtown Manhattan.  The club started in 1865 as an organization for the promotion of literature and art. It is not affiliated with any other University Club or College Alumnus Club.

     The current club house is a 9 story granite faced Renaissance Revival Style Building.  The architect was Charles Follen McKim. It was built in 1899.

     There are.three main.floors.  There are library rooms on the fourth floor. There is a dining area on the 7th floor.  There are baths and swimming pool in the basement.  On.the 10th floor, there are 5 singles squash courts.  The is one hardball squash court.

     The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places onApril 16. 1990.