Princeton, Columbia, Williams & NYU Clubhouse of New York (New York City, New York) | university

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9-story clubhouse building completed in 1962. Designed by Voorhees, Walker, Smith, Smith & Haines, it is the fifth home of the private club for alumni and faculty of Princeton University, which is located 40 miles outside New York City in Princeton, New Jersey. The Princeton Club was founded in 1866 as the Princeton Alumni Association of New York. It was re-organized in 1886 as the Princeton Club of New York, and later incorporated as a Club on December 12, 1899.

In addition to overnight accommodation and dining facilities, the club features a 10,000-volume library, a squash and fitness center, and business center. The club's membership has more recently been augmented by the admittance of the former Williams Club members and alumni from select other universities are eligible for membership including Emory University, George Washington University, McGill University, Johns Hopkins University, Lafayette College, Washington University in St. Louis, University of St Andrews, College of the Holy Cross, University of Freiburg, Villanova University, and Fordham University. Columbia University, New York University, Williams College and The College of William & Mary are separate clubs which share facilities and are "in residence" at The Princeton Club. The interior was renovated in the 1980's by Robert Venturi.

The facade is clad in limestone above a grey polished granite ground floor. The only openings on the ground floor are the recessed main entrance, with glass-and-metal doors covered by a stainless-steel canopy, just right of center; and a recessed metal service entrance at the east end. The 2nd and 3rd floors have eight bays of large, pivoting single-windows in aluminum frames; there is a row of five projecting flagpoles at the 2nd floor. The upper floors, set back above the 3rd floor, are organized into six bays (the two western bays of the base end at the 3rd floor), with tripartite windows at the 4th floor, and single-windows above. There are setbacks at the end bays, topped by metal railings, while the middle bays, emblazoned with the Princeton seal, extend to the main roof line. The side facades are clad in grey brick; there are no openings on the east side, and several single-windows above 4th-floor tripartite windows on the west side.

In 2020, the facility closed permanently due to a default on debt. The club had occupied its 10-story building in midtown Manhattan since 1963.

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