1 West 54th Street, Midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States The University Club on its conspicuous corner site is one of the handsomest buildings on Fifth Avenue. Although this granite building of stately end noble proportions closely resembles a sixteenth century Italian Renaissance palazzo, It a exterior displays a combination of original architectural features. The handsome facade Is divided into three main horizontal divisions separated by two strongly defined band courses. Each of the three divisions contains a row of large arched windows. The first two divisions above street level have small, rectangular mezzanine windows above the arched windows, alternating with carved marble shields. Each arched window has a large keystone block embellished with an heroic sized head. On the Fifth Avenue aide, attic windows are ingeniously worked into the frieze of the superb deep cornice crowning the building. Anong the conspicuous architectural features of the exterior ere the elaborately ornate bronze railings of the six projecting balconies, which are supported to large stone brackets. The dominant arched entrance doorway, on the Fifty-fourth Street side, is enframed by two handsome banded (rusticated) columns supporting a heavily ornamented lintel or entablature. Well emphasized horizontal stone courses In continuous bands cover the surface of the building; the corners are slightly projected, rising the full height of the building, to create a feeling of enframement and strength in this truly imposing structure. Early in 1854 a group of men who had been intimate friends in college discussed the idea of founding a University Club. They had previously met on Saturday evenings for three years as an organization known as the Red Room Club, The following year , a Charter, for the purpose of the promotion of literature and art, by establishing and maintaining a library, reading-room and gallery of art, and by such other means as shall be expedient and proper for such purpose' , was granted by the legislature on April 23, 1865. They originated something that was new in the club life of New York, a club that required an Intellectual and cultural background for member ship, a college degree. For fifteen years, prior to occupying their present home in 1899, the club had its headquarters in the Jerome Mansion, it the southeast corner of Twenty-sixth Street and Madison Avenue on Madison Square, The University Club membership today totals over 4,000 members, representing more than 230 American colleges and universities, and some forty foreign institutions. - From the 1967 NYCLPC Landmark Designation Report

Fifth Avenue and Fifty-Fourth Street, Midtown Manhattan The University Club on its conspicuous corner site is one of the handsomest buildings on Fifth Avenue. Although this granite building of stately end noble proportions closely resembles a sixteenth century Italian Renaissance palazzo, It a exterior displays a combination of original architectural features. The handsome facade Is divided into three main horizontal divisions separated by two strongly defined band courses. Each of the three divisions contains a row of large arched windows. The first two divisions above street level have small, rectangular mezzanine windows above the arched windows, alternating with carved marble shields. Each arched window has a large keystone block embellished with an heroic sized head. On the Fifth Avenue aide, attic windows are ingeniously worked into the frieze of the superb deep cornice crowning the building. Anong the conspicuous architectural features of the exterior ere the elaborately ornate bronze railings of the six projecting balconies, which are supported to large stone brackets. The dominant arched entrance doorway, on the Fifty-fourth Street side, is enframed by two handsome banded (rusticated) columns supporting a heavily ornamented lintel or entablature. Well emphasized horizontal stone courses In continuous bands cover the surface of the building; the corners are slightly projected, rising the full height of the building, to create a feeling of enframement and strength in this truly imposing structure. Early in 1854 a group of men who had been intimate friends in college discussed the idea of founding a University Club. They had previously met on Saturday evenings for three years as an organization known as the Red Room Club, The following year , a Charter, for the purpose of the promotion of literature and art, by establishing and maintaining a library, reading-room and gallery of art, and by such other means as shall be expedient and proper for such purpose' , was granted by the legislature on April 23, 1865. They originated something that was new in the club life of New York, a club that required an Intellectual and cultural background for member ship, a college degree. For fifteen years, prior to occupying their present home in 1899, the club had its headquarters in the Jerome Mansion, it the southeast corner of Twenty-sixth Street and Madison Avenue on Madison Square, The University Club membership today totals over 4,000 members, representing more than 230 American colleges and universities, and some forty foreign institutions. - From the 1967 NYCLPC Landmark Designation Report