From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Duquesne Club

Social club in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Field	Value
image	Duquesne Club logo as of 2015.png
alt	The logo of the Duquesne Club
formation	1873 ( years ago)
type	City club
coords
leader_title	General Manager
leader_name	Scott Neill, CCM
footnotes
name	The Duquesne Club
size	200px
location	325 Sixth Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
membership	≈2,700 (men and women)
website	www.duquesne.org

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

The Duquesne Club is a private social club in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, founded in 1873.

History

The Duquesne Club was founded in 1873. Its first president was John H. Ricketson. The club's present home, a Romanesque structure designed by Longfellow, Alden & Harlow on Sixth Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh, was opened in 1890; an addition designed by Janssen & Cocken that included a garden patio, barbershop, and new kitchens was constructed in 1931. The building achieved landmark status from the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation in 1976, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

The Club voted to admit women for the first time in its history in 1980. A health-and-fitness center was added in 1994, and the club was ranked as #1 City Club in America in 1997, an honor that would be repeated in 2001, 2003, and 2006.

Notable guests

Among notable guests to the club are U.S. Presidents Ulysses S. Grant, Herbert Hoover, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton as well as Colin Powell, Polish leader Edward Gierek,, King Charles III (while he was Prince of Wales) and former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Oil businessman and millionaire Philip M. Shannon owned an apartment in the club and died there in 1915.

Membership

As of 2007, membership at the Duquesne Club consisted of about 2,700 men and women. Though the Club does not discriminate in its selection of members, membership is by invitation from an existing member only.

References

(2010). "Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009". Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation.
(2004). "Historical timeline". The Duquesne Club.
(2007). "The Duquesne Club".
"Observer-Reporter - Google News Archive Search".
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3z9PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qwIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6901%2C7933210 Toledo Blade – Google News Archive Search]
(12 October 1974). "Gierek Shows Expertise with Questions Here". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uccQACFaGhM Action News' Sally Wiggin Goes Inside Duquesne Club's Kitchen - YouTube]
(23 November 1915). "Pioneer Oil Man Stricken In Club". The Pittsburgh Post.
(2007). "Membership". The Duquesne Club.

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

1873-establishments-in-pennsylvania buildings-and-structures-completed-in-1887 clubs-and-societies-in-the-united-states culture-of-pittsburgh organizations-based-in-pittsburgh pittsburgh-history-&-landmarks-foundation-historic-landmarks gentlemen's-clubs-in-pennsylvania

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Duquesne Club — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report