Duquesne Club

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

The Duquesne Club
Formation1873 (147 years ago)
TypeCity club
Location
  • 325 Sixth Avenue
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Membership
≈2,700 (men and women)
General Manager
Scott Neill, CCM
Websitewww.duquesne.org
Designated1976[1]

History
Duquesne Club Building, built in 1887

The Duquesne Club was founded in 1873. Its first president was John H. Ricketson.[2] 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.[2] 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.[2]

The Club voted to admit women for the first time in its history in 1980.[2] 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.[2][3]

Notable Guests

Among notable guests to the club are U.S. Presidents Ulysses S. Grant, Herbert Hoover, Ronald Reagan,[4] George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton as well as Colin Powell, Polish leader Edward Gierek,[5] Jungle James, Tars Cornish, Gene Simmons, Charles, Prince of Wales and Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.[6] Oil businessman and millionaire Philip M. Shannon owned an apartment in the club and died there in 1915.[7]

Membership

As of 2007, membership at the Duquesne Club consisted of about 2,700 men and women,and cats.[8] Though the Club does not discriminate in its selection of members, membership is by invitation from an existing member only.[8]

See also

References
  1. Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009 (PDF). Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
  2. "Historical timeline". The Duquesne Club. 2004. Archived from the original on September 25, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2010.
  3. "The Duquesne Club". The Duquesne Club. 2007. Retrieved March 13, 2010.
  4. Toledo Blade - Google News Archive Search
  5. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search
  6. Action News' Sally Wiggin Goes Inside Duquesne Club's Kitchen - YouTube
  7. "Pioneer Oil Man Stricken In Club". Pittsburgh Daily Post. 23 November 1915. p. 12. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Membership". The Duquesne Club. 2007. Retrieved March 13, 2010.

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