National Register of Historic Places
University Club
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
The record
- Listed
- May 25, 2018
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 970 N Delaware St, Indianapolis
- County
- Marion
- State
- Indiana
- Contributing resources
- 2 buildings
- Coordinates
- 39.78083, -86.15414
- Reference number
- 100002494
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The story
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The University Club is a Tudor Revival building at 970 N Delaware St. in Indianapolis, built in 1921 as a residence. Its architects were Willard Osler and Lee Burns.
Why it's listed
It was listed in the National Register in 2018 under criterion A, with local significance in social history from 1940 to 1965, reflecting the University Club's 1940 purchase of the house.
Physical character
The walls are brick and stucco on a brick foundation, under a cross-gabled slate roof. The second story is jettied and half-timbered, and the chimneys are corbeled. The garage was enlarged in 1940 to hold squash courts, and the building was extended westward to the rear in the 1940s. In the 1970s, interior remodeling added a bathroom and removed walls, and the kitchen and dining rooms were enlarged.
Historical context
The house was a single dwelling from 1921 until 1940, when the University Club, incorporated in 1898, bought it from the Marmon family. It was a clubhouse when listed.