Germantown Cricket Club

The Germantown Cricket Club is a cricket club in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It was one of the four principal cricket clubs in the city and was one of the clubs contributing members to the Philadelphian cricket team. It was founded on 10 August 1854[2] in what is now the northwest section of the city, and is the nation's second oldest cricket club. Its clubhouse was designed by architects McKim, Mead & White. The U.S. National tennis championship, precursor to today's US Open, was played on Germantown Cricket's lawn tennis courts from 1921 to 1923.[3]

Germantown Cricket Club
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Clubhouse of the Germantown Cricket Club in 1893
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Location	5140 Morris St. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°1′25.10″N 75°10′24.31″W
Built	1890
Architect	McKim, Mead & White; Charles F. McKim
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Other
NRHP reference No.	87000758 [1]
Added to NRHP	February 27, 1987

The Germantown Cricket Club was located in Nicetown from 1877 until 1890 when it moved to its present Manheim Street location after the merging with the Young America Cricket Club in 1890. The Newhall brothers joined the Germantown cricket team at this time after being the backbone of the Young America Cricket Club for forty years.

It continues as a private club with facilities for tennis, squash, swimming, and special events. The club's facilities are a designated National Historic Landmark.

See also

• Philadelphian cricket team
• Philadelphia Cricket Club
• Merion Cricket Club
• Belmont Cricket Club
• List of National Historic Landmarks in Philadelphia
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Northwest Philadelphia

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. Melville, Tom (1998). The Tented Field: A History of Cricket in America. p. 28. ISBN 0-87972-770-5.
3. "Germantown Cricket Club History". Germantown Cricket Club. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2013.

Further reading

• Sentance, P. David (2006). Cricket in America, 1710-2000. McFarland. p. 324. ISBN 9780786420407.

External links

• Germantown Cricket Club website

Preceded by West Side Tennis Club New York City	Davis Cup Final Venue 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927	Succeeded by Stade Roland Garros Paris
Preceded by Centre Court, Wimbledon London	Davis Cup Final Venue 1938	Succeeded by Merion Cricket Club Haverford
Preceded by Queen's Club London	Fed Cup Final Venue 1964	Succeeded by Kooyong Stadium Melbourne

Preceded by West Side Tennis Club 1915-1920

Home of the U.S. Championships 1921-1923

Succeeded by West Side Tennis Club 1924-1977