Midwest Athletic Club
United States historic place
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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]
Midwest Athletic Club | |
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  Location within Chicago metropolitan area  Location within Illinois  Location within the United States | |
| Location | 6 N. Hamlin Ave., Chicago, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 41°52′52″N 87°43′16″W |
| Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
| Built | 1926-28 |
| Architect | Michaelsen & Rognstad |
| NRHP reference No. | 84000138[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 18, 1984 |
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 18, 1984.[1] A plaque next to the building's Hamlin Street entrance commemorates its listing on the National Register, its construction in 1926-28 and a 1990s renovation.[3]