1170 South Ocean - Bath and Tennis Club, 1926, Landmark Designation

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The Property File Collection houses over 3,000 property files that document vital information about the built environment of Palm Beach. The collection is arranged by address and contains brochures, photographs, newspaper articles, historic designaton reports, and other relevant property information. All files can be scanned upon request, although a majority are already digitized.

Dates

1926
Event: Landmark Designation

Creator

Urban, Joseph, 1872-1933 (Architect, Person)

Biographical / Historical

Built in 1926 by Joseph Urban, with key alterations by Marion Sims Wyeth, the Bath and Tennis Club was designed with the Southwestern Spanish Mission style in mind, including cloisters, broad terraces, and tall beam ceilings, with key dramatic details indicative of Joseph Urban’s style on Palm Beach, which has come to be known as “Urbanesque.” The club’s design is considered unique due to Urban’s adaptation of the traditionally rectilinear Mission Style to fit the functions of the club’s location, curving along the oceanfront with two tall stucco towers, flanked by projecting wings on either side to relate the interiors to oceanfront views. Designed for convenience, spaciousness, and function, the Bath and Tennis club is one of the most prominent and exclusive private clubs in Palm Beach. The construction was financed by E.F. Hutton, whose wife, Marjorie Merriweather Post, served as the original owner of the neighboring estate Mar-A-Lago. The club was designated 4/17/1980.