Prospect Park Tennis House

52 West Drive | also 95 Prospect Park West | Prospect Park | built 1931

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1910
Helmle, Hudswell and Huberty complete the Tennis House on the Long Meadow
Built in 1909 and 1910 on the Long Meadow at West Drive, west of about 8th Street, the Tennis House was designed by Helmle, Hudswell and Huberty. The neoclassical building is made of limestone and brick under a red tile roof, and it first served as a locker room for tennis players.
Source: Wikipedia
2017
A dilapidated Tennis House is slated to become restrooms in a $5.1 million project
The Tennis House was later converted into a non-public NYC Parks facility, and by the 2000s it had become dilapidated. In 2017 the Prospect Park Alliance received funds for its renovation, and the plan announced was to convert the building into restrooms in a four-year project costing $5.1 million.
Source: Wikipedia

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