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The five oldest existing American clubs are the South River Club in South River, Maryland (c.1690/1700), the Schuylkill Fishing Company in Andalusia, Pennsylvania (1732), the Old Colony Club in Plymouth, Massachusetts (1769), the Philadelphia Club in Philadelphia (1834), and the Union Club of the City of New York in New York City (1836). [1]
The club is best known for its annual celebration of Forefathers' Day, one of the oldest holidays in America, dating from colonial times. [ 3 ] Hoyle's Official Book of Games notwithstanding, the "extinct" game of Bestia is still played every Friday night at this institution.
The oldest and most guarded of the city's old-guard clubs sits, with increasing incongruity, at the edge of the Gayborhood – but the Philadelphia Club makes no adjustments to passing fads. Unmarked outside but for a discreet awning logo, it is said to be one of the oldest men's clubs in the U.S., feeding the city's elite since 1834.
The Knickerbocker Club was founded in 1871 by members of the Union Club of the City of New York who were concerned that the club's admission standards had fallen. [6] By the 1950s, urban social club membership was dwindling, in large part because of the movement of wealthy families to the suburbs. In 1959, the Knickerbocker Club considered ...
Buenos Aires, Argentina is home to the Club del Progreso (founded 1852; the oldest gentlemen's club in South America), the Jockey Club, and the Club Universitario de Buenos Aires. The Club 20 de Febrero was founded in 1858 by General Rudecindo Alvarado in the city of Salta.
The Union Club of Boston, founded in 1863, is one of the oldest gentlemen's clubs in the United States. It is located on Beacon Hill , adjacent to the Massachusetts State House . The clubhouse at No. 7 and No. 8 Park Street was originally the homes of John Amory Lowell (#7), and Abbott Lawrence (#8). [ 1 ]
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The Maryland Club is a private social club in Baltimore, Maryland.Founded in 1857 as an exclusive men's club, it is today one of the oldest surviving such clubs.Its 1891 Romanesque clubhouse, located at 1 East Eager Street in the Mount Vernon neighborhood, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.