Morristown Field Club

Mrs. Josephine Elizabeth Jenks of Mount Kemble in Morristown; and Miss Dora W. Voight of Green Village, New Jersey at the Morristown Field Club on September 25, 1913

Otto Hermann Kahn at the Morristown Field Club on September 25, 1913

Kahn at the Morristown Field Club on September 25, 1913

The Morristown Field Club is a sports club located in Morristown, New Jersey that was created in 1881 as the Morristown Lawn Tennis Club. It is the third oldest tennis club in New Jersey after the Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club and the Orange Lawn Tennis Club.^[1]

History

In 1893 the club was renamed the Morristown Field Club and offered baseball, football as well as cricket. In 1895 women were allowed to become members and paid $5 in annual dues.^[1] In 1897 an annual horse show was introduced.^[2] In 1900 the club joined the New Jersey Lawn Tennis Association, and in 1905 the club hosted the first New Jersey State Tennis Tournament, an event held each year up until 1916. In 1921 the club held a benefit tennis exhibition with Bill Tilden. In 1941 the club moved to 168 James Street. The land was purchased from the widow of Robert D. Foote. A new club house was built and the club switched to tennis as its only sport.^[1]

External links

• Official website
• Morristown Field Club from the Library of Congress at Flickr Commons

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Morristown Field Club". Morristown Field Club. http://morristownfieldclub.com/history.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-28. "The Morristown Field Club was founded in 1881. It is the third oldest tennis club in New Jersey, pre-dated only by Seabright and Orange Lawn. Its first location was on South Street on a "lovely flat lawn" near the present Kings' Supermarket. Two courts were built for men's use only, and the club was called the Morristown Lawn Tennis Club. ..." 
2. ^ "Annual Exhibition of Horses Develops Keen Competition in Many Classes.". New York Times. September 26, 1913. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9905E2D9163DE633A25755C2A96F9C946296D6CF. Retrieved 2010-01-28. "Amateurs were in the lead yesterday at the opening session of the sixteenth annual horse show of the Morristown Field Club, which was held on the organization's enclosure at Morristown, N.J. With stands filled and the parking spaces preempted with scores of automobiles the affair quite kept up its former standing as a medium to attract hundreds of people well known in society."