Scarsdale Woman's Club is a historic

women's club The club movement is an American women's social movement that started in the mid-19th century and spread throughout the United States. It established the idea that women had a moral duty and responsibility to transform public policy. While wome ...

located at Scarsdale,

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, United States. It was built in 1858 and expanded and remodeled in 1872 in the Second Empire style. It was again expanded and remodeled in 1941 by Hobart Upjohn. The former residence is a -story wood-frame building, clad in

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, with a prominent

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covered in red and blue hexagonal

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tiles. It features a five-bay open front porch supported by square and

Doric order The Doric order is one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. The Doric is most easily recognized by the simple circular capitals at the top of t ...

columns. It was acquired by the Scarsdale Woman's Club in 1928 for use as a clubhouse. ''See also:'' It was added to the

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in 2008.

References

{{National Register of Historic Places in New York Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Second Empire architecture in New York (state) Buildings and structures completed in 1858 Buildings and structures in Westchester County, New York History of women in New York (state) Women's club buildings in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Westchester County, New York Scarsdale, New York