Tavern Club (Cleveland, Ohio)
Encyclopedia
The Tavern Club is private social club
in the Central
neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio
, USA
. Its home is a building designed by architect J. Milton Dyer
in a Northern Renaissance style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1984. It was also designated as a landmark by the City of Cleveland.
Dyer was a member of the Tavern Club, which was established 1892-93. He designed a building for the group when it moved from a leased property at 968 Prospect Street to its present building on January 1, 1905. "The exterior construction and the traditional interior decor of the building" have remained essentially the same since the club's beginning.
Gentlemen's club
A gentlemen's club is a members-only private club of a type originally set up by and for British upper class men in the eighteenth century, and popularised by English upper-middle class men and women in the late nineteenth century. Today, some are more open about the gender and social status of...
in the Central
Central (Cleveland)
Central is a neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio. Situated on the outskirts of downtown, Central is bounded roughly between E.71st Street on its east and East 22nd Street on its west, with Euclid Avenue and Woodland Avenue on its north and south respectively...
neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Its home is a building designed by architect J. Milton Dyer
J. Milton Dyer
J. Milton Dyer was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio architect.-Background:Dwyer was born in Middletown, Pennsylvania where his father had a hardware business...
in a Northern Renaissance style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1984. It was also designated as a landmark by the City of Cleveland.
Dyer was a member of the Tavern Club, which was established 1892-93. He designed a building for the group when it moved from a leased property at 968 Prospect Street to its present building on January 1, 1905. "The exterior construction and the traditional interior decor of the building" have remained essentially the same since the club's beginning.