Midwest Athletic Club

Midwest Athletic Club
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	6 N. Hamlin Ave., Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	41°52′52″N 87°43′16″W / 41.88111°N 87.72111°WCoordinates: 41°52′52″N 87°43′16″W / 41.88111°N 87.72111°W
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built	1926-28
Architect	Michaelsen & Rognstad
NRHP Reference #	84000138[1]
Added to NRHP	October 18, 1984

The Midwest Athletic Club is a historic athletic club building located at 6 N. Hamlin Ave. in the West Garfield Park community area of Chicago, Illinois. The club was built in 1926-28 under the direction of a committee of West Side business leaders. The thirteen-story building's design featured ornamental terra cotta, large arched windows on the third floor, and a mansard roof; it also provided views of Garfield Park, the north side of which was across the street. Its facilities included an Olympic-sized swimming pool, a gymnasium and exercise rooms, handball courts, billiard rooms, a library, dining rooms, and a ballroom. The club grew to include 2000 members in its first year, most of them businessmen and their families; however, the building entered receivership in 1930 and was converted into a hotel.^[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 18, 1984.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Benjamin, Susan S. (October 5, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: The Midwest Athletic Club" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved April 27, 2016.