University Club

The story

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The University Club is a Tudor Revival building at 970 N Delaware St in Indianapolis, Marion County, built in 1921. It was designed by architects Willard Osler and Lee Burns. It was listed in the National Register in 2018.

Why it's listed

It was listed under criterion A, with local significance in social history spanning 1940 to 1965, reflecting the University Club's purchase of the house that year.

Physical character

Walls are brick and stucco on a brick foundation, under a cross-gabled slate roof, with Tudor Revival details: a jettied, half-timbered second story, a copper-topped bay, and brick soldier lintels and header sills. Inside, an original fireplace mantel survives alongside a small elevator. In 1940 the garage was enlarged into squash courts and the building was extended westward to the rear; in the 1970s, remodeling enlarged the kitchen and dining rooms, added a bathroom, and removed walls. The kitchen took shape in stages, with part dating from around 1940 and its west end added around 1970.

Historical context

The house was built in 1921 as a Tudor Revival residence and was a single dwelling until 1940. The University Club, incorporated in 1898, bought the house from the Marmon family in 1940 and used it as a clubhouse.