Fort Totten Officers' Club
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Fort Totten Officers' Club is a historic clubhouse
located at Fort Totten in Bayside, Queens
, New York
. It was built in the 1870s and expanded to its present size in 1887. It is a large Late Gothic Revival
style building. It is a two story, rectangular frame building with a projecting central tower pavilion and sheathed in clapboard
. It features identical, polygonal, three story towers and a wood parapet
surrounding the roofline. It is now home to the Bayside Historical Society.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1986.
Club
A club is an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal. A service club, for example, exists for voluntary or charitable activities; there are clubs devoted to hobbies and sports, social activities clubs, political and religious clubs, and so forth.- History...
located at Fort Totten in Bayside, Queens
Bayside, Queens
Bayside is a suburban neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York, New York in the United States. Bayside is known as one of the most expensive areas to live in Queens, with well kept homes and landscaping...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. It was built in the 1870s and expanded to its present size in 1887. It is a large Late Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
style building. It is a two story, rectangular frame building with a projecting central tower pavilion and sheathed in clapboard
Clapboard (architecture)
Clapboard, also known as bevel siding or lap siding or weather-board , is a board used typically for exterior horizontal siding that has one edge thicker than the other and where the board above laps over the one below...
. It features identical, polygonal, three story towers and a wood parapet
Parapet
A parapet is a wall-like barrier at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony or other structure. Where extending above a roof, it may simply be the portion of an exterior wall that continues above the line of the roof surface, or may be a continuation of a vertical feature beneath the roof such as a...
surrounding the roofline. It is now home to the Bayside Historical Society.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1986.