Chicago Golf Club's "new" clubhouse opened for its first public use in October, 1913 a mere sixteen months after fire destroyed the original clubhouse that had been in use since the Club moved to the Patrick farm in 1894-1895. The first public mention of the opening was in the Chicago Daily Tribune on October 16, 1913. Another Tribune article on October 19, 1913 described the new clubhouse this way:
Chicago Golf Organization Quartered in Artistic Three Story Building
… the informal opening of the new clubhouse of the Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton … The new building, not yet completed, is situated on a slight rise of land commanding a view of the golf links and polo field. The general color scheme is white, gray and red. An odd feature is the interior construction of the dining room and ballroom, the walls of both rooms being of red brick. The motif is that of a Pennsylvania manor house in the time of William Penn. The building comprises three stories. The first embraces the men’s locker room, women’s dressing room, shower baths, and storerooms. On the second are the dining room, ballroom, women’s living room, kitchen, and the office of the club. Twelve bedrooms and the gray room, which is to be used as a library, are on the third floor. Wide rambling verandas, 250 feet of them, run along the southern side of the building. They connect the structure with the old clubhouse [casino].
Chicago Golf Organization Quartered in Artistic Three Story Building
… the informal opening of the new clubhouse of the Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton … The new building, not yet completed, is situated on a slight rise of land commanding a view of the golf links and polo field. The general color scheme is white, gray and red. An odd feature is the interior construction of the dining room and ballroom, the walls of both rooms being of red brick. The motif is that of a Pennsylvania manor house in the time of William Penn. The building comprises three stories. The first embraces the men’s locker room, women’s dressing room, shower baths, and storerooms. On the second are the dining room, ballroom, women’s living room, kitchen, and the office of the club. Twelve bedrooms and the gray room, which is to be used as a library, are on the third floor. Wide rambling verandas, 250 feet of them, run along the southern side of the building. They connect the structure with the old clubhouse [casino].
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