Seminole Club, Forest Hills, L.I. Ladies dressing room.
With art deco furniture.
Museum of the City of New York112-06 70tth Road, ca. 1929.
At this site once stood the Seminole Club of Forest Hills. Situated on Seminole Avenue (now 112th Street) and Harvest Street (now 70th Road), the association opened in 1928 and existed into the 1980s, featuring a clubhouse and nine tennis courts.
Over the years, the Seminole Club hosted the New York State men’s championships, ladies singles championships, and the annual mixed-doubles championship. During its heyday, it attracted the likes of William Pardoe, who was inducted into the Platform Tennis Hall of Fame, as well as Frank Sedgman of Australia, a U.S. national champion, Davis Cup star, an inductee of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
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