Club's clubhouse, and William M. Kendall of that firm was also involved in the design process. The architects drew inspiration from their education at the École des Beaux-Arts. It was designed like a 16th-century palazzo in the Mediterranean Revival and Italian Renaissance styles, although the building also has distinct architectural features not inspired by the palazzo style. The building's design resembled that of the Palazzo Rucellai and the Palazzo Medici Riccardi. The current clubhouse is composed of two adjoining structures. The original nine-story building at Fifth Avenue and 54th Street measures at ground level. The annex to the west of the original clubhouse is six stories high and wide on 54th Street, while it is nine stories high and wide on 55th Street. Various contractors were hired to construct the clubhouse. Post & McCord were given the iron contract while the Norcross Brothers were given the granite contract. McKim, Mead and White also commissioned Edward F. Caldwell & Co. to provide light fixtures for the University Club's clubhouse. The addition was constructed by general contractor Marc Eidlitz & Son. Site The University Club's clubhouse is in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It is on the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue to the east and 54th Street to the south. The land lot is L-shaped and covers , with a frontage of on Fifth Avenue and a depth of along 54th Street. The westernmost section of the lot extends the entire depth of the city block to 55th Street. The lot originally had a frontage of 100 feet on Fifth Avenue and on 54th Street. An additional 25-foot-wide strip of land on 54th and 55th Streets, extending deep between the two streets, was obtained in 1916. With this purchase, the University Club's site assumed its current frontage of 175 feet on 54th Street and on 55th Street. To the west, the clubhouse abuts the residences at 5, 7, 9–11, 13 and 15 West 54th Street and the Rockefeller Apartments, while to the north, it wraps around The Peninsula New York hotel at Fifth Avenue and 55th Street. The clubhouse is also near Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church and 712 Fifth Avenue to the north, the St. Regis New York hotel to the northeast, 689 Fifth Avenue and 19 East 54th Street to the east, the William H. Moore House to the southeast, and Saint Thomas Church and the Museum