Quadrangle Club (University of Chicago)

In 1916, to make way for Rockefeller Chapel, the Quadrangle Club agreed to relocate to a parcel of land on the corner of 57th Street and University Avenue, the present site.

Shaw designed a building resembling an English country house, with large open spaces and—on the second floor, facing the tennis courts—abundant natural light.

In the summer of 1929, the old club house was moved (in two pieces) two blocks west to 956–960 East 58th Street, where it was renamed Ingleside Hall.

The "Round Table", a lunchtime tradition in which professors from diverse fields gathered to share ideas, flourished.

The decline of the South Side of Chicago and the attractiveness of suburban living to some faculty decreased the potential membership.

The club has always kept its dues and fees low to accommodate faculty members with modest incomes, and catering helped to make up the inevitable deficits.