Duquesne Club

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The Duquesne Club
The logo of the Duquesne Club
The logo of the Duquesne Club
Formation 1873 (151 years ago)
Type City club
Location
  • 325 Sixth Avenue
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Membership
 ~ 2,700 (men and women)
General Manager
 Scott Neill, CCM
Website www.duquesne.org
Designated 1976[1]

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

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]

In 2009, the Duquesne Club was ranked as the second best city club in the nation, behind the Union League Club of Philadelphia.[4]

Notable Guests

Among notable guest to the club are U.S. Presidents Ulysses S. Grant, Herbert Hoover, Ronald Reagan,[5] George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton as well as Colin Powell, Polish leader Edward Gierek[6] and Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.[7]

Membership

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

See also

External links

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References

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  6. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ccxRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YG0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1829%2C1621435
  7. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uccQACFaGhM
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