:Racquet Club of Chicago

{{Short description|Social and athletic club in Chicago, Illinois}}

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| location = 1365 North Dearborn Parkway • Chicago, IL 60610

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The Racquet Club of Chicago is a private social club and athletic club within the Gold Coast Historic District. The classical revival building was designed by architect Andrew Rebori, constructed in 1923.{{cite web| url=http://w16.cityofchicago.org/landmark/SilverStream/Pages/landmarksDetails.html?ca_p=08&id_p=084302026&class_p=1&color_p=OR |title=Chicago Landmarks Historical Resources Survey |author= City of Chicago| accessdate=April 12, 2006}} It is a contributing structure within the National Register Gold Coast Historic District.

The Racquet Club currently features squash courts (two North American doubles and one International singles),{{cite web| url=http://www.us-squash.org/ussra/doublessurvey.html| title=Doubles Court Survey| author=United States Squash Racquets Association| accessdate=April 12, 2006| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051219211028/http://www.us-squash.org/ussra/doublessurvey.html|archive-date=19 December 2005|url-status=dead}} two racquets courts,{{cite web| url=http://uscta.org/html/lost_courts.html| title=Lost Courts of America: Chicago Athletic Association| author=James Zug| accessdate=April 12, 2006 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060503055400/http://www.uscta.org/html/lost_courts.html |archivedate = May 3, 2006}} and one real tennis court restored in 2012.{{cite web |author1=The Board of Governors of The Racquet Club of Chicago |title=Racquet Club of Chicago Court Tennis Announcement |url=https://uscourttennis.org/2011/racquet-club-of-chicago-court-tennis-announcement/ |website=USCTA |access-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707133205/https://uscourttennis.org/2011/racquet-club-of-chicago-court-tennis-announcement/ |archive-date=7 July 2022 |date=7 November 2011 |url-status=live}} The racquets courts are the world's westernmost active venue for that sport.{{Citation needed|date=August 2012}}

The Racquet Club has been renovated, and where there once were two Squash singles courts, of the "American" style dimensions, there now is one court of the "International" dimensions.