Bronxville Women's Club is a historic

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located in

Bronxville Bronxville is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States, located approximately north of Midtown Manhattan. It is part of the town of Eastchester. The village comprises one square mile (2.5 km2) of land in its entirety, ...

Westchester County, New York Westchester County is located in the U.S. state of New York. It is the seventh most populous county in the State of New York and the most populous north of New York City. According to the 2020 United States Census, the county had a population ...

. Its building was constructed from 1927 to 1928 in the

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style and was designed by noted local architect

Penrose Stout Penrose Stout (1887–1934) was an American architect, best known for designing many Westchester County, New York residences and buildings. Among his many notable designs in Bronxville, New York are Merestone Terrace (1924), Brooklands (1927) ...

(1887–1934). Its layout is that of a T-shape, constructed of stuccoed brick on a poured concrete foundation. The front elevation is one and one half stories with a central pavilion flanked by two smaller, recessed pavilions. It has a prominent slate-covered gable roof. The rear of the front section is two and one half stories tall. Most of the ground floor is occupied by an

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. The building was added to the

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in 2007. The club, as an organization, was founded in 1925 by Anna Bisand, daughter of

William Van Duzer Lawrence William Van Duzer Lawrence (1842–1927) was an American millionaire real-estate and pharmaceutical mogul who is best known for having founded Sarah Lawrence College in 1926 and Lawrence Hospital in 1909. He played a critical role in the deve ...

(1842–1927), one of the founders of Bronxville. ''See also:'' The club exists today as a non-profit educational, social, artistic, and philanthropic membership-based organization.

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Bronxville, New York Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Colonial Revival architecture in New York (state) Buildings and structures completed in 1927 Buildings and structures in Westchester County, New York History of women in New York (state) Women's club buildings in New York (state) Organizations established in 1925 National Register of Historic Places in Westchester County, New York New York State Register of Historic Places in Westchester County {{WestchesterCountyNY-NRHP-stub