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The Yale Club of New York City, founded in 1897, the world's largest gentlemen's club. The following is a list of notable traditional gentlemen's clubs in the United States, including those that are now defunct. Historically, these clubs were exclusively for men, [1] but most (though not all) now admit women.
Gentleman's clubs were private places that were designed to allow men to relax and create friendships with other men. In the 19th and 20th centuries, clubs were regarded as a central part of elite men's lives. They provided everything a regular home would have. Clubs were created and designed for a man's domestic needs.
Reddish Working Men's Club - UK's oldest Working Men's Club original building Hugglescote Working Men's Club, North West Leicestershire. Working men's clubs are British private social clubs first created in the 19th century in industrial areas, particularly the North of England, Midlands, Scotland, Northern Ireland and South Wales Valleys, to provide recreation and education for working class ...
White's is the oldest gentlemen's club in London, founded in 1693, and is considered by many to be the most exclusive private club in London. [2] Notable current members include Charles III and the Prince of Wales. [2]
The Athenaeum Club building at 107 Pall Mall, London, in 1830 Boodle's building since 1782 Union Club of the City of New York's 1903 building. This is a list of notable buildings that have housed traditional gentlemen's clubs or working men's clubs. These are individual buildings that are listed on a historic register or have other significance.
The members' bar at the Savile Club, London W1. This is an incomplete list of private members' clubs with physical premises in London, United Kingdom, including those that no longer exist or have merged, with an additional section on those that appear in fiction.
The original clubhouse, c. 1906 The Pendennis Club was founded by Thomas Wilson Todd (1852–1892), Levi Bloom (1854–1944), John Smith Noyes (1842–1922), and William Whits Hite (1854–1908) who, with sixteen others, hosted a preliminary meeting for starting the club in Mr. Todd's office in Louisville City Hall on June 28, 1881.
The club premises at 49 Pall Mall was a former tavern owned by William Almack as was the neighbouring 50 Pall Mall where the society had previously met and so the club become simply known as Almack's. These fashionable young men, known as Macaronis, would frequent the premises for the purposes of wining, dining and gambling.