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The Rainier Club is a private club in Seattle, Washington; it has been referred to as "Seattle's preeminent private club." [3] [4] Its clubhouse building, completed in 1904, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was founded in 1888 in what was then the Washington Territory (statehood came the following year). As of 2008, the ...
The café operated on the ground floor of a Chief Seattle Club housing complex for people of Native descent. [3] The interior featured Native artworks, including a mural depicting the transition from the pre-Columbian era to modern society. [4] The restaurant had high ceilings and "rustic" tree-trunk tables.
The Arctic Club Building is a ten-story hotel in Seattle, Washington located at the Northeast corner of Third Avenue and Cherry Street. Built in 1914 for the Arctic Club, a social group established by wealthy individuals who experienced Alaska's gold rush (Klondike Gold Rush), [3] it was occupied by them from construction until the club's dissolution in 1971.
This 1916 photo of First Avenue in Seattle shows the Kenneth Hotel just left of center; the building is now replaced by multi-story parking lot. 47°36′10″N 122°20′05″W / 47.602723°N 122.334786°W / 47.602723; -122.334786 ( The Penthouse (Seattle) ) The Penthouse was a jazz club in Seattle , most remembered for John ...
The hotel is known for housing the belongings of the Japanese families in Seattle once Executive Order 9066 was enacted and the detention of Japanese in internment camps. After the Japanese American internment , most of the Seattle-based families were not able to return due to death, financial constraints, and relocation; their belongings still ...
The Crocodile (formerly the Crocodile Cafe, and sometimes called The Croc) is a music club at 2505 1st Avenue at Wall Street in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. Opened by Stephanie Dorgan as the "Crocodile Cafe" on April 30, 1991, it quickly became a fixture of the city's music scene .
The City Club of San Francisco (1930), until 1987 called the Pacific Stock Exchange Lunch Club [51] [52] The Concordia-Argonaut Club (1864) [53] [54] The Family (1901), founded by members of the Bohemian Club who left in a dispute; The Marines Memorial Club (1946) The Norwegian Club of San Francisco (1898) The Olympic Club (1860) The Pacific ...
The Club was founded in 1965 by John "Jack" W. Campbell (born 1932) and two other investors who paid $15,000 to buy a closed Finnish bath house in Cleveland, Ohio. Campbell wanted to provide cleaner, brighter amenities that were a contrast to the dark, dirty environment that existed previously. [2]