Marshall Chess Club

 1830s construction, social club

4-story Greek-revival residential building completed in 1839 as a 3.5-story townhouse for Nathan Carryl. It was remodeled in 1893 by William Adams, owner-architect, to provide a basement entrance. A large, projecting bay window at the right side, added at the same time, takes the place of the original front doorway. Other changes include the raising of the building from three and one-half to four stories, and the narrow extension to the east, signalized by a vertical tier of small windows.

The parlor floor French windows, to the left of the bay window, open onto a balcony with a delicate cast iron railing featuring a fleur de lys design. The front wall has been carried up to form a brick parapet with simple dentiled cornice.

Since 1931, this building has been the home of the Marshall Chess Club, founded 1915 by Frank Marshall, U.S. champion 1909-36. Marcel Duchamp was a leading member; Bobby Fischer used to play here regularly.

www.marshallchessclub.org/