Saturn Club - Table of Contents

Lobby, Lounge - Saturn Club

The main entrance is located in the center of the west wing.

The 2-story main lounge is the most important room in the clubhouse. It is two stories in height, with an overhanging balcony long the north wall, and a raised stage at the south end



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Central lobby

Central lobby

Central lobby

Central lobby

Main entrance from Delaware Ave.

Ribbed vault

Lounge

Lounge

Lounge

Lounge

South wall. Stage with proscenium arch,

Photo taken from overhanging balcony on north wall. Room is two stories high.

West wall with two-story bay overlooks Delaware Ave.

Stained glass window

Stained glass window

The scene is of the procession from the old to the new clubhouse

North wall

Overhanging balcony runs entire width of room.

Tudor Revival-arched fireplace

 

Detail from previous photo showing painter's signature

Fireplace spandril

North and east walls. Note oak-paneled wainscoting.

Wooden hammer beam ceiling

Wooden hammer beam ceiling

Carved leering faces of monks; pendants

 

 

Line of casement windows give a clearstory effect

Pendant

One of six grotesque stone corbels supporting truss of hammer beam ceiling.

Carlton Sprague, one of the organizers of the Saturn Club

William Warren Smith



Special thanks to Saturn Club General Manager Vincent Tracy for his cooperation
and to Francis R. Kowsky for his assistance



Photos and their arrangement © 2005 Chuck LaChiusa
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