Manchester by-the-sea Essex Country Club

<BODY background="../images/softbeige.jpg" TEXT="#336600" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#990099" ALINK="#FF0000"> <font size="7"><center><i>Welcome to the Essex Country Club</i></center></font><p><p><br> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="750"> <tr> <td align="left">In the mid to late 1800's, Manchester's reputation as a summer colony grew. The town's quiet charm attracted men of significant ability and substance. By the 1890's, the improvements of the railroad, the coming of the automobile, and new wealth and new leisure, had increased Manchester's summer population dramatically. To Anwser the demands of these new residents for leisure activities, the Essex Country Club with its golf course and tennis courts was founded in 1893.</td> </tr> </table> <br><br> For many years, signs of wealth were everywhere and in some circles Manchester was referred to as " a playground for millionaires." Chauffeur-dirven Cadillacs, Packards and LaSalles moved swiftly about the streets. Manchester was always a favorite of the diplomatic community. In 1904 alone, 11 ambassadors summered in town. President William Howard Taft frequently played golf at the Essex Country Club. <br><br><br><br> <table bgcolor="black" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="760" font="white"> <tr> <td><img src="../images/clubwoman.jpg" width="275" height="193"></td> <td align="left"><font color="beige"><i><br><br>(Left:Croquet at the Essex Country Club.)The first Essex Country Club was built by Roberts and Hoare with Robert Rantoul designing in the shingle style, with dark shingles and siding and steep-pitched roofs.</i></font></td> <td align="right"><img src="../images/cluboldnew.jpg" width="275" height="195"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" align="center"><br><br><font color="beige"><i>For many years, signs of wealth were everywhere and in some circles Manchester was referred to as " a playground for millionaires." Chauffeur-dirven Cadillacs, Packards and LaSalles moved swiftly about the streets. Manchester was always a favorite of the diplomatic community. In 1904 alone, 11 ambassadors summered in town. President William Howard Taft frequently played golf at the Essex Country Club.</i></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><br><br><img src="../images/yellowclub.jpg" width="400" height="175"></td> <td><font color="beige"><i>At the turn of the century it was expanded, covered in clapboard, shuttered and painted a soft yellow in the Colonial Revival fashion.</i></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><br><br><br><font color="beige"><i>When the club burned in 1913, it was replaced by the existing clubhouse, a masonary structure, which combines Tudor and Georgian forms, making it appear to have evolved over a period of time. Such was the pinnacle of architectural development in Manchester during the late Victorian period as it approached the 20th century.</i></font></td> <td colspan="2" align="right"><br><br><img src="../images/newclub.jpg" width="325" height="150"></td> </tr> </table> </body> <BODY background="../images/softbeige.jpg" TEXT="#336600" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#990099" ALINK="#FF0000"> <font size="7"><center><i>Welcome to the Essex Country Club</i></center></font><p><p><br> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="750"> <tr> <td align="left">In the mid to late 1800's, Manchester's reputation as a summer colony grew. The town's quiet charm attracted men of significant ability and substance. By the 1890's, the improvements of the railroad, the coming of the automobile, and new wealth and new leisure, had increased Manchester's summer population dramatically. To Anwser the demands of these new residents for leisure activities, the Essex Country Club with its golf course and tennis courts was founded in 1893.</td> </tr> </table> <br><br> For many years, signs of wealth were everywhere and in some circles Manchester was referred to as " a playground for millionaires." Chauffeur-dirven Cadillacs, Packards and LaSalles moved swiftly about the streets. Manchester was always a favorite of the diplomatic community. In 1904 alone, 11 ambassadors summered in town. President William Howard Taft frequently played golf at the Essex Country Club. <br><br><br><br> <table bgcolor="black" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="760" font="white"> <tr> <td><img src="../images/clubwoman.jpg" width="275" height="193"></td> <td align="left"><font color="beige"><i><br><br>(Left:Croquet at the Essex Country Club.)The first Essex Country Club was built by Roberts and Hoare with Robert Rantoul designing in the shingle style, with dark shingles and siding and steep-pitched roofs.</i></font></td> <td align="right"><img src="../images/cluboldnew.jpg" width="275" height="195"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" align="center"><br><br><font color="beige"><i>For many years, signs of wealth were everywhere and in some circles Manchester was referred to as " a playground for millionaires." Chauffeur-dirven Cadillacs, Packards and LaSalles moved swiftly about the streets. Manchester was always a favorite of the diplomatic community. In 1904 alone, 11 ambassadors summered in town. President William Howard Taft frequently played golf at the Essex Country Club.</i></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><br><br><img src="../images/yellowclub.jpg" width="400" height="175"></td> <td><font color="beige"><i>At the turn of the century it was expanded, covered in clapboard, shuttered and painted a soft yellow in the Colonial Revival fashion.</i></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><br><br><br><font color="beige"><i>When the club burned in 1913, it was replaced by the existing clubhouse, a masonary structure, which combines Tudor and Georgian forms, making it appear to have evolved over a period of time. Such was the pinnacle of architectural development in Manchester during the late Victorian period as it approached the 20th century.</i></font></td> <td colspan="2" align="right"><br><br><img src="../images/newclub.jpg" width="325" height="150"></td> </tr> </table> </body>