Fort McIntosh Club (Riley Taylor House)

Fort McIntosh Club (Riley Taylor House)

Fort McIntosh Club (Riley Taylor House) Photograph by Matthew Aungst
c. 1862. 374 College Ave.

The Fort McIntosh Club was originally the home of Dr. Riley T. Taylor, president of Beaver Female College, which was across the street. The white-painted brick Italianate house features paired elongated windows, central gables with deep eaves supported by paired brackets, and a cupola. At the southeast corner of this nearly square house is a windowed sun porch with shingling above. A classically inspired one-bay porch on the facade shelters double doors topped by a segmental-arched transom. Since 1926, the house has been used as a private club for retired men.

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