Located in South Orange, it was established three years after the Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club in Rumson.
[4] By 1916 there was a demand for more courts and better facilities, resulting in the purchase of the 42-acre Hillside estate on Ridgewood Avenue from H. Charles Hoskier,[5][6] a former club president.
[2] The brownstone mansion on the estate, built by prominent resident William Redmond,[7][b] was turned into the clubhouse.
[12] In 2018, when it was purchased by a group of investors headed by real estate developer Bruce Schonbraun, the club was one of the few in the United States to still retain any grass courts.
The American Zone final of the 1946 Davis Cup, in which the United States defeated Mexico 5–0, was held at the club.