Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland and Al Smith. The Jerome Mansion later became the clubhouse of the Union League Club of New York (its second location), the University Club and, finally, the Manhattan Club, birthplace of the Manhattan cocktail and congregating place of such famous Democrats as Franklin D.
Leonard and Clara Jerome, the grandparents of Winston Churchill, lived at 41 East 26th Street. Private brownstone dwellings and mansions springing up around the perimeter of the park soon boasted such respected, well-to-do families as the Haights, Stokeses, Scheifflins, Wolfes, and Barlows. New Yorkers began establishing residences around the park in the mid-nineteenth century. Formerly a military parade ground that to this day serves as the starting point for the city's annual Veterans Day Parade, Madison Square Park and the surrounding area have undergone a number of changes since pre-Revolutionary War days, serving at various times as a potter’s field, an army arsenal and a facility for juvenile delinquents. The park extends from Fifth Avenue to Madison Avenue between 23rd and 26th Streets. NoMad's early history is closely aligned with that of Madison Square Park, which has been a public space since 1686. NoMad is part of Manhattan Community District 5. The surrounding neighborhoods are Chelsea to the west, Midtown South to the northwest, Murray Hill to the northeast, Rose Hill to the east, and the Flatiron District to the south. The neighborhood is bordered by East 25th Street to the south, East 29th or East 30th Street to the north, Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) to the west and Madison or Lexington Avenue to the east. The name NoMad, which has been in use since 1999, is derived from the area’s location north of Madison Square Park. NoMad (" North of Madison Square Park"), also known as Madison Square North, is a neighborhood centered on the Madison Square North Historic District in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The Armory Show in 1913 was a seminal event in the history of Modern Art
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