National Arts Club

Gramercy Park, Manhattan

Credit: Evan Joseph

The historic Samuel Tilden Mansion, at 14 and 15 Gramercy Park South, has been the home of the National Arts Club since 1906. Consisting of two houses built in the 1840s, the Club building’s original flat-front, iron-grilled brownstones match the style of the homes still maintained on the west side of Gramercy Park. Samuel Tilden, the 25th Governor of New York, hired Calvert Vaux, a famed architect and one of the designers of Central Park, to modernize the façade with sandstone, bay windows, and ornamentation in the Aesthetic Movement style. Today, the National Arts Club operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and offers more than 150 free programs to the public, including exhibitions, theatrical and musical performances, lectures, and readings, attracting an audience of over 25,000 New Yorkers and visitors alike. Feature programs focus on all disciplines of the arts. During OHNY Weekend, the National Arts Club will offer tours of its parlors and dining room—typically only open to members—which feature historic architectural details and artworks from the permanent collection. Visitors will also have the chance to explore current art exhibitions in the Club’s four galleries.

The historic Samuel Tilden Mansion, at 14 and 15 Gramercy Park South, has been the home of the National Arts Club since 1906. Consisting of two houses built in the 1840s, the Club building’s original flat-front, iron-grilled brownstones match the style of the homes still maintained on the west side of Gramercy Park. Samuel Tilden, the 25th Governor of New York, hired Calvert Vaux, a famed architect and one of the designers of Central Park, to modernize the façade with sandstone, bay windows, and ornamentation in the Aesthetic Movement style.

Today, the National Arts Club operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and offers more than 150 free programs to the public, including exhibitions, theatrical and musical performances, lectures, and readings, attracting an audience of over 25,000 New Yorkers and visitors alike. Feature programs focus on all disciplines of the arts.

During OHNY Weekend, the National Arts Club will offer tours of its parlors and dining room—typically only open to members—which feature historic architectural details and artworks from the permanent collection. Visitors will also have the chance to explore current art exhibitions in the Club’s four galleries.

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1906

15 Gramercy Park South
New York, NY 10003