The Sunset Pavilion at Shoreby Club with a broad gabled roof, tall glazed gable and covered entry terrace

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Shoreby Club. A pavilion for Lake Erie evenings.

The Sunset Pavilion at the Shoreby Club in Bratenahl, a private club on the historic Samuel Mather estate on Lake Erie, designed by architect Joe Myers. The new building gives members a place for dinners, celebrations and summer evenings by the water.

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Sunset PavilionShoreby Club, Bratenahl, Ohio

2024Pavilion completed
Lake ErieBratenahl, Ohio
Joe MyersArchitect
Historic estateSamuel Mather’s Shoreby

A new building on a historic waterfront.

The Shoreby Club occupies the former lakefront estate of Samuel Mather, with its manor house, marina, pool and gardens. Any new building there has to respect the setting and the view.

The Sunset Pavilion answers with a broad, low roof and a tall glazed gable that frames the lake. It holds formal dinners and wedding receptions inside, and opens to terraces for the warm months.

Hospitality
Private club
Event venue
Waterfront

Shoreby Club seen from the marina on Lake Erie, with boats in the foreground and the historic estate house on the hill

From the water: the marina, the lawn and the historic estate house above.

The project

One big room, open to the lake.

The pavilion is a single, generous event hall under a vaulted wood ceiling. The glazed gable brings evening light deep into the room, and the covered terraces extend the party outside.

Stone column bases, painted trim and shingle-style detailing tie the new building to the estate’s older architecture, so it reads as part of the club rather than an addition to it.

Client: Shoreby Club
Location: Bratenahl, Ohio, on Lake Erie
Building: Sunset Pavilion, completed 2024
Architect: Joe Myers
Program: Event hall, terraces, outdoor gathering

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