National Historic Landmark - Merion Cricket Club

Founded in 1865 and at this site since 1892, Merion Cricket Club is among the handful of U.S. properties that illustrate the history of cricket, which was a major sport in the 19th century, contending with baseball for supremacy.

After 1900, the members assumed a vigorous role in lawn tennis.

This is a work of one of Philadelphia's premier Victorian-era architects, Frank Furness.

Courtesy National Park Service National Historical Landmarks

Photo Courtesy Library of Congress Historic American Building Survey