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Source: Bric-a-Brac, 1905, p.205
By 1903, however, the club was seeking more commodious lodgings and David Adler, Class of 1905, drew up plans for a new, Georgian Revival clubhouse. Charter purchased a lot on the south side of Prospect Avenue, across from University Field, to house the new structure.
Although Adler would later go on to considerable renown as an architect, Charter Club was his first work and in the words of one architectural historian, it betrays "the hand of a beginner hesitant to stray far from the handbooks."
By 1903, however, the club was seeking more commodious lodgings and David Adler, Class of 1905, drew up plans for a new, Georgian Revival clubhouse. Charter purchased a lot on the south side of Prospect Avenue, across from University Field, to house the new structure.
Although Adler would later go on to considerable renown as an architect, Charter Club was his first work and in the words of one architectural historian, it betrays "the hand of a beginner hesitant to stray far from the handbooks."