Phelps Mansion

Phelps Mansion
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	191 Court St., Binghamton, New York
Coordinates:	42°6′3″N 75°54′20″W / 42.10083°N 75.90556°W / 42.10083; -75.90556Coordinates: 42°6′3″N 75°54′20″W / 42.10083°N 75.90556°W / 42.10083; -75.90556
Built:	1870
Architect:	Perry,Isaac G.; Roth,Orville F.
Architectural style:	No Style Listed
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	73001165 [1]
Added to NRHP:	June 04, 1973

The Phelps Mansion, also known as The Monday Afternoon Clubhouse, is a three story brick and stone mansion located on Court Street in Binghamton, New York. It was built in 1870 as the private home of Sherman D Phelps. Mr. Phelps was a successful business man, banker, Republican Elector for Abraham Lincoln, and mayor of the City of Binghamton. The building was designed by Isaac G. Perry who later became the chief architect for the New York State Capitol building in Albany, New York.

The mansion was purchased in 1905 by the Monday Afternoon Club (a women's civic organization). The club constructed a large ballroom on the back of the mansion in 1905 and continues to hold its weekly meetings there to this day. In 1986 ownership of the mansion was transferred to The Phelps Mansion Foundation.

The Phelps Mansion was charted by the New York State Board of Regents as a museum in 2005.^[2]

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ History

External links

• Sherman Phelps House, 191 Court Street, Binghamton, Broome, NY: 5 photos, 5 data pages, and supplemental material at Historic American Building Survey
• Phelps Mansion webpage
• Youtube video