List_of_traditional_gentlemen's_clubs_in_the_United_States
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.
Christopher Doob explains in his book Social Inequality and Social Stratification in U.S. Society:
The most exclusive social clubs are in the oldest cities – Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. Others, which are well respected, have developed in such major cities as Pittsburgh, Chicago, and San Francisco. The most exclusive social clubs are two in New York City – the Links and the Knickerbocker (Allen 1987, 25).[2] Personal wealth has never been the sole basis for attaining membership in exclusive clubs. The individual and family must meet the admissions committee's standards for values and behavior. Old money prevails over new money as the Rockefeller family experience suggests. John D. Rockefeller, the family founder and the nation's first billionaire, joined the Union League Club, a fairly respectable but not top-level club; John D. Rockefeller, Jr., belonged to the University Club, a step up from his father; and finally his son John D. Rockefeller, III, reached the pinnacle with his acceptance into the Knickerbocker Club (Baltzell 1989, 340).[2]
E. Digby Baltzell, sociologist of the WASP establishment, explains in his book Philadelphia Gentlemen: The Making of a National Upper Class:
The circulation of elites in America and the assimilation of new men of power and influence into the upper class takes place primarily through the medium of urban clubdom. Aristocracy of birth is replaced by an aristocracy of ballot. Frederick Lewis Allen showed how this process operated in the case of the nine “Lords of Creation” who were listed in the New York Social Register as of 1905: ‘The nine men who were listed [in the Social Register] were recorded as belonging to 9.4 clubs apiece,’ wrote Allen. ‘Though only two of them, J. P. Morgan and Cornelius Vanderbilt III, belonged to the Knickerbocker Club, the citadel of Patrician families (indeed, both already belonged to old prominent families at the time), Stillman and Harriman joined these two in the membership of the almost equally fashionable Union Club; Baker joined these four in the membership of the Metropolitan Club of New York (magnificent, but easier of access to new wealth); John D. Rockefeller, William Rockefeller, and Rogers, along with Morgan and Baker were listed as members of the Union League Club (the stronghold of Republican respectability); seven of the group belonged to the New York Yacht Club. Morgan belonged to nineteen clubs in all; Vanderbilt, to fifteen; Harriman, to fourteen.’ Allen then goes on to show how the descendants of these financial giants were assimilated into the upper class: ‘By way of footnote, it may be added that although in that year [1905] only two of our ten financiers belonged to the Knickerbocker Club, in 1933 the grandsons of six of them did. The following progress is characteristic: John D. Rockefeller, Union League Club; John D. Rockefeller, Jr., University Club; John D. Rockefeller 3rd, Knickerbocker Club. Thus is the American aristocracy recruited.'[3]
The traditional gentlemen's club originated in London (in particular the St James's area) in the 18th century as a successor to coffeehouses.[1] Today, these clubs also continue to operate in the United States. 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 Boston Club, of New Orleans, named after the card game and not the city, is the oldest southern club, founded in 1841.[4] The five oldest existing clubs west of the Mississippi River are the Pacific Club in Honolulu (1851), the Pacific-Union Club (1852), Olympic Club (1860), and Concordia-Argonaut Club (1864), all in San Francisco, and the Arlington Club in Portland, Oregon (1867).
While most major American cities today have at least one gentlemen's club, they are most prevalent in older cities, especially those on the East Coast.[1] As detailed below, only thirteen American cities have five or more such clubs: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. Also as detailed below, New York City contains more than any other American city, including the Yale Club of New York City, the largest traditional gentlemen's club in the world.[5] Throughout the country, though, many clubs have reciprocal relationships with the older clubs in London, with each other, and with other gentlemen's clubs around the world.
A few American gentlemen's clubs maintain separate "city" and "country" clubhouses, essentially functioning as both a traditional gentlemen's club in one location and a country club in another: the Piedmont Driving Club in Atlanta, the Wisconsin Club in Milwaukee,[6] the New York Athletic Club in New York City, the Union League of Philadelphia, the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis, and the Olympic Club in San Francisco. Similarly, the Jonathan Club in Los Angeles functions as a traditional gentlemen's club in one location and a beach club in another.
Because the term "gentlemen's club" is commonly used in the United States to refer euphemistically to strip clubs, traditional gentlemen's clubs often are referred to as "men's clubs" or "city clubs" (as opposed to country clubs) or simply as "private social clubs" or just "private clubs". For other meanings and nuances of the word "club", see club.
Alabama
- Birmingham
- Mobile
- The Athelstan Club (1875)[13]
- The Bienville Club (1967–2013), insolvent[14]
- The International Trade Club (1966–2009), insolvent[15]
- The Manassas Club (1861-1920s)
- Tuscaloosa
Alaska
Arizona
- The University Club of Arizona State University
Arkansas
California
- Bakersfield
- Berkeley
- The Berkeley City Club (1927)
- The Berkeley Faculty Club (1902)[31][32]
- Eureka
- The Ingomar Club (1950)
- The Ingomar Club
- Fresno
- The Downtown Club (1963–2013), insolvent[33]
- Long Beach
- Los Angeles
- The Academy of Magical Arts (1952)
- The California Club (1887)
- The Jonathan Club (1895)
- The Los Angeles Athletic Club (1880)
- The Regency Club (1981–2011), insolvent[36]
- The University Club of Los Angeles (1898–1992), insolvent[37]
- The California Club
- Modesto
- Old Fisherman's Club
- Monterey
- Newport Beach
- The Pacific Club (1981), which presents the Lott Trophy[40][41]
- Oakland
- Palo Alto
- Pasadena
- The Athenaeum at Caltech (1930)
- The Pasadena Athletic Club (1926–2007), insolvent[49]
- The University Club of Pasadena (1922)[50][51]
- Sacramento
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- Bankers Club
- The Bohemian Club (1872), which hosts the Bohemian Grove retreat
- The Cercle de l'Union ("the French Club") (1905)[58][59]
- The City Club of San Francisco (1930), until 1987 called the Pacific Stock Exchange Lunch Club[60][61]
- The Concordia-Argonaut Club (1864)[62][63]
- 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-Union Club (1852)
- The University Club of San Francisco (1890)
- The Villa Taverna (1960)[64][65]
- The Bohemian Club
- The Olympic Club
- San Jose
- The Metropolitan University Club (1936–1990), created from merger of previous Metropolitan Social & Athletic Club (1936) and University Club of San Jose (1957), insolvent[66]
- The Sainte Claire Club (1895)[66][67]
- The Silicon Valley Athletic Club (1981), until 2012 called the San Jose Athletic Club[66][68]
- The Sainte Claire Club
- The University Club of Santa Barbara
Colorado
- Colorado Springs
- Denver
- The Cactus Club (1911)[79]
- The Denver Athletic Club (1884)[80]
- The Denver Club (1880–1995), Denver's oldest club, insolvent; had contained two singles and one doubles squash courts[81]
- The Denver Petroleum Club (1948)[82][83]
- The Denver Press Club (1877),[84][85] the oldest existing press club in the United States
- The University Club of Denver (1891)[86][87]
Connecticut
- Greenwich
- Hartford
- The Hartford Club (1873)
- The Hartford Club
- New Haven
- The Graduate Club (1892)[90][91][92]
- Mory's Association (1849)
- The New Haven Lawn Club (1891)[93]
- The Quinnipiack Club (1871)[90][92][94]
- New London
- Waterbury
- The Waterbury Club (1881–2009), insolvent[97]
Delaware
- Wilmington
- The Wilmington Club (1855)[98]
- The University Club of Wilmington (1924–1958), merged with the Wilmington Whist Club to become the University and Whist Club[98]
- The University and Whist Club (1891)[98][99]
- The Wilmington Club
District of Columbia
- Washington
- The Alibi Club (1884) abandoned
- The Army and Navy Club (1885)[100]
- The Arts Club of Washington (1916)
- The Capitol Hill Club (The National Republican Club) (1951)
- The City Tavern Club (1959)[101]
- The Cosmos Club (1878)
- The George Town Club (1966)[102][103]
- The Metropolitan Club (1863)[104]
- The National Press Club (1908)
- The Racquet Club of Washington (1920–1936), merged into the University Club of Washington, D.C.[105]
- The Sulgrave Club (1922)[106]
- The University Club of Washington, DC (1904)[107][108]
- The Washington Club (1891–2013), merged into the University Club of Washington, D.C.[109]
- The Alibi Club
- The City Tavern Club
- The Cosmos Club
- The Racquet Club of Washington (1920–1936); The University Club of Washington, DC (1936–present)
- The Washington Club
Florida
- Jacksonville
- The River Club of Jacksonville (1954)[110][111]
- Miami
- The Bankers Club (1972–2014),[112][113][114]
- The Brickell Club (1988–1995), insolvent[115][116]
- The City Club (1984–1994), merged with the Miami Club to become the Miami City Club[115]
- The Miami City Club (1994–2011), insolvent[117]
- The Miami Club (1921–1994), merged with the City Club to become the Miami City Club[115]
- The Standard Club of Greater Miami (1961–1990), insolvent[115]
- The University Club of Miami(1954–1995), insolvent[115][118]
- Naples
- The Collier Athletic Club (1985–2010), insolvent[119]
- Orlando
- North Palm Beach
- The City Club of the Palm Beaches (1990–2010), insolvent[122]
- Sarasota
- The University Club of Sarasota (1969–2009), insolvent[123]
- Surfside
- Tallahassee
- Tampa
Georgia
- Atlanta
- The Buckhead Club (1988)
- The Burns Club Atlanta (1896)
- The Capital City Club (1883)
- The Cherokee Town and Country Club (1956)[132][133]
- The Georgian Club (1982–2020)[134][135]
- The Piedmont Driving Club (1887)
- The Standard Club (1866–1983), moved to Johns Creek, Georgia, and became a country club
- The Oglethorpe Club
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
- Chicago
- The Arts Club of Chicago
- The Casino Club (1914)[148]
- The Caxton Club (1895)
- The Chicago Athletic Association (1890–2007), insolvent[149]
- The Chicago Club (1869)
- Chicago Yacht Club
- The Cliff Dwellers Club (1907)[150]
- The Covenant Club
- Columbia Yacht Club of Chicago
- Lake Shore Athletic Club (1927–1977)
- The Metropolitan Club
- The Mid America Club
- The Quadrangle Club (1893)
- The Racquet Club of Chicago (1923)
- The Sky-Line Club
- The Tavern Club
- The Tower Club
- The Standard Club (1869–2020)[151][152]
- The Union League of Chicago (1879)
- The University Club of Chicago (1887)
- The Chicago Club
- The Quadrangle Club
- Decatur
- Moline
- The Moline Commercial Club (1907–1933), insolvent[155]
- Oakbrook Terrace
- Peoria
- Rockford
- Springfield
- Wilmette
Indiana
- Bloomington
- The University Club of Indiana University (1958)[167]
- Evansville
- The Evansville Petroleum Club (1948–2006), insolvent[168]
- Fort Wayne
- The Summit Club (c.1967–2008), insolvent[169]
- Indianapolis
- The Antelope Club (1947) [170]
- The Columbia Club (1889)[171]
- The Indianapolis Athletic Club (1920–2004), insolvent[172]
- The Indianapolis Press Club (1934–2004), insolvent, but still operates a charitable foundation[173]
- IUPUI University Club (1988) [174]
- The University Club of Indianapolis (1893)[175]
- The Marion Club (1888–1928), insolvent and sold clubhouse [176]
- The Columbia Club
- New Albany
- The Calumet Club (1919–1932), ceased existence but held reunions up until 1975[177]
- South Bend
- The Summit Club (1967–2012), insolvent[178]
Iowa
- Davenport
- The Davenport Club (1945–1993), insolvent[179]
- The Outing Club (1891)[180]
- The Outing Club
- Des Moines
- The Des Moines Club (1909–2002), merged with the Embassy Club to become the Des Moines Embassy Club[181]
- The Des Moines Embassy Club (1909), formed in 2002 from the merger of the Embassy Club and Des Moines Club[181][182]
- The Embassy Club (1946–2002), merged with the Des Moines Club to become the Des Moines Embassy Club[181]
- Iowa City
Kansas
- Hutchinson
- Kansas City
- The Kansas City Athletic Club (1887)
- Topeka
- Wichita
Kentucky
- Covington
- Lexington
- Louisville
- The Pendennis Club (1881)
- The University Club of Louisville (1991)[199][200]
- The Louisville Thoroughbred Society (2018)[201]
- The Pendennis Club
- The Campbell Club
Louisiana
- The City Club of Baton Rouge
- Lafayette
- Lake Charles
- Monroe
- The Lotus Club (1920)[212]
- Morgan City
- The Petroleum Club of Morgan City (1966)[213]
- New Orleans
- The Boston Club (1841), oldest in the South.[214]
- The Elkin Club (1832–1838), vicinity of Bayou St. John
- Louisiana Debating and Literary Association (1877)[215]
- Le Moyne de Bienville Club (1964)[216]
- The New Orleans Athletic Club (1872)[217][218]
- The Pelican Club (1843–1865) closed during the Civil War
- The Pickwick Club (1857)[219]
- The Orleans Club (1851–1858), some members later formed The Pickwick Club
- The Round Table Club (1898)[214]
- The Stratford Club (1897)[220]
- The Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club (1909)[221]
- The Boston Club
- The Chess, Checkers, & Whist Club (1883–1932)
- The Harmony Club (1896–1930)
Maine
- Bangor
- Portland
- The Cumberland Club (1877)[228][229]
- The Portland Club (1886)[229]
- The Woodfords Club (1913)[229][230]
- The Cumberland Club
- The Portland Club
Maryland
- Annapolis
- The Annapolitan Club
- Baltimore
- The Center Club (1962)[231][232]
- The Engineers Club (1905)[233][234]
- The Johns Hopkins Club (1899)
- The Maryland Club (1857)[235][236]
- The 14 West Hamilton Street Club
- The Hamilton Street Club
- The Mt. Vernon Club
- The Woman's Club of Roland Park
- South River
- The South River Club (c.1690); oldest existing gentlemen's club in North America
- The South River Club
Massachusetts
- Amherst
- Andover
- The Lanam Club (1957)[239]
- The Lanam Club
- Boston
- The Algonquin Club (1885)
- The Anthology Club (1804–1811), which founded the Boston Athenæum
- The Boston Athletic Association (1887–1936), lost clubhouse amidst the Great Depression, continues to exist as a society organizing races, including the Boston Marathon
- The Boston City Club (1906)
- The Badminton & Tennis Club (1908)
- The Boston College Club (1913)[240][241]
- The Club of Odd Volumes (1887)
- The Harvard Club of Boston (1908)
- The Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association (1795–1959), lost clubhouse and moved to Quincy, Massachusetts, where it became a charity fund
- The St. Botolph Club (1880)[242][243]
- The Somerset Club (1852)
- The Tavern Club (1884)
- The Tennis and Racquet Club (1902)
- The Union Boat Club (1851)
- The Union Club of Boston (1863)
- The University Club of Boston (1891)[244][245]
- The Wardroom Club of Boston (1899), Founded in 1899 as a direct result of the Spanish–American War, is based in the old Charlestown Navy Yard
- The Algonquin Club
- The Somerset Club
- The Tavern Club
- The Union Boat Club
- The Boston City Club
- Cambridge
- Fall River
- The Quequechan Club (1861)
- The Quequechan Club
- The Fay Club
- Lenox
- Lowell
- The Yorick Club (1882–1979), insolvent
- The Yorick Club (1901–1979)
- New Bedford
- The Wamsutta Club (1866)
- Newburyport
- The Dalton Club (1898)
- Plymouth
- The Old Colony Club (1769), third oldest existing gentlemen's club in the United States (behind the South River Club and the Schuylkill Fishing Company)[251][252]
- Quincy
- Springfield
- Worcester
- The Worcester Club (1888)[257]
- The Worcester Club
Michigan
- Calumet
- The Miscowaubik Club (1903)[258]
- The Miscowaubik Club
- Detroit
- The Book Club of Detroit (1957)
- The Detroit Athletic Club (1887)
- The Detroit Club (1882)
- The Detroit Racquet Club (1902)[259][260]
- The Harmonie Club (1849–1974), insolvent
- The Players (1910)
- The Yondotega Club (1892)
- The Detroit Club
- The Harmonie Club (1893–1974)
- East Lansing
- Grand Rapids
- Iron Mountain
- Kalamazoo
- Saginaw
- The Saginaw Club (1889)[272]
- Tecumseh
- The Tecumseh Club (1863)
Minnesota
- The Kitchi Gammi Club
- Minneapolis
- The Campus Club (1911)[277][278]
- The Minneapolis Athletic Club (1915–1998), insolvent[279]
- The Minneapolis Club (1883)
- Saint Paul
- The now-defunct St. Paul Athletic Club
Mississippi
Missouri
- The Whittemore House Club
- Columbia
- Kansas City
- The Kansas City Athletic Club (1887–1997), moved to Kansas City, Kansas
- The Kansas City Club (1882–2015), moved and merged into the University Club at the latter's premises; the merged club adopted the Kansas City Club name (2001); insolvent (2015)
- The Progress Club (1881–1928), moved and became the Oakwood Country Club[295]
- The River Club (1948)[296][297]
- The University Club of Kansas City (1901–2001), remaining at the same premises, merged with, and adopted the name of, the Kansas City Club[298][299]
- The Kansas City Athletic Club (1923–1997)
- The Kansas City Club (1888–1922)
- The Kansas City Club (1922–2001)
- The University Club of Kansas City (1920–2001); the Kansas City Club (2001–2015)
- The Progress Club (1893–1928)
- The River Club
- The Benton Club
- St. Louis
- The Missouri Athletic Club (1903), which awards the Hermann Trophy
- The Noonday Club (1893–2008), merged into the Missouri Athletic Club[306][307][308][309]
- The Racquet Club of St. Louis (1906), which funded Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis[310][311][312][313]
- The St. Louis Club (1886–1925), was damaged in fire and did not reopen[314]
- The University Club of St. Louis (1872–1974), moved to Clayton, Missouri[315]
- The Racquet Club of St. Louis
- The St. Louis Club (1899–1925)
- The University Club of St. Louis (1917–1974)
Montana
- Helena
- Montana Club (1885)[319][320] Its 1905 new building was designed by noted architect Cass Gilbert with attention to style of traditional London gentlemen's clubs. NRHP-listed within Helena Historic District. Its floor design includes white swastikas.
- Miles City
- The Miles City Club (1884)[321]
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
- Florham Park
- Montclair
- Morristown
- Newark
- The 744 Club (1958–1991), insolvent[336]
- The Downtown Club (1914–1983), insolvent[336]
- The Essex Club (1876–1992), insolvent[336]
- The Newark Athletic Club (1850–1965), insolvent[336]
- New Brunswick
- Ocean City
- The Riverboat Club (1964–2017), closed due to expensive fire code violations[339]
- Princeton
- The Nassau Club (1889)[340][341]
- The Prospect House Club (1968)[342]
- The Nassau Club
New Mexico
New York
- Albany
- The Fort Orange Club (1880)[349][350]
- The University Club of Albany (1901)[351]
- Binghamton
- Buffalo
- The Buffalo Club (1867)[354][355]
- The Saturn Club (1885)[356]
- The University Club of Buffalo (1894–1980), insolvent[357]
- The Saturn Club
- The Buffalo Club
- Elmira
- Jamestown
- New York City
- Clubs affiliated with university alumni groups:
- The Cornell Club of New York (1889)
- The Harvard Club of New York City (1887)
- The Columbia University Club of New York (1901–1973), continues to exist "in residence" at The Penn Club of New York[362]
- The NYU Club lost clubhouse in 1989, continues to exist "in residence" at the Princeton Club of New York[363]
- The Penn Club of New York City (1901)
- The Princeton Club of New York (1866; incorporated as Club 1899)
- The Williams Club (1913–2010), lost clubhouse, continues to exist "in residence" at the Penn Club of New York
- The Yale Club of New York City (1897), the largest private club in the world,[5] which awarded the Heisman Trophy in 2002 and 2003
- The Brook (1903)
- The Century Association (1847)
- The Coffee House Club (1914)[364][365]
- The Chemists' Club (1898–1970), lost clubhouse, continues to exist as an "inner club" of the Penn Club of New York City[366][367]
- The Collectors Club of New York (1896)
- The Down Town Association (1859)
- The Downtown Athletic Club (1926–2002), founded the Heisman Trophy and awarded it each year until irreparably damaged in the September 11 attacks
- The Engineers' Club (1888–1979), insolvent and lost clubhouse[368]
- The Explorers Club (1904)
- The Friars' Club (1904)
- The Grolier Club (1884)
- The Harmonie Club (1852)
- The India House Club (1914)[369]
- The Knickerbocker Club (1871)
- The Leash (1925)[370]
- The Links Club (1921)[371]
- The Lotos Club (1870)
- The Metropolitan Club (1891)
- The Montauk Club (1891) Brooklyn
- The National Arts Club (1898)
- The New York Athletic Club (1868)
- The New York Yacht Club (1844)
- The Nippon Club (1905)
- The Norwood Club (2007)
- The Players (1888)
- The Racquet and Tennis Club (1876)
- The River Club of New York (1929)[372][373]
- The Salmagundi Club (1871)
- The Soldiers', Sailors', Marines', Coast Guard and Airmen's Club (1919)
- The Spanish Benevolent Society (1868)
- The Squadron A Association (1884–1941), lost clubhouse, continues to exist as an "inner club" of the Women's National Republican Club
- The Union Club (1836), second oldest existing gentlemen's city club in the United States behind The Philadelphia Club)
- The Union League Club of New York (1863)
- The University Club of New York (1865)
- The Whitehall Club (1908–1992)
- Clubs affiliated with university alumni groups:
- The Cornell Club
- The Downtown Athletic Club (1930–2001)
- The Engineers' Club Building (1907–1979)
- The Friars' Club
- The Grolier Club (1890–1937)
- The Harmonie Club
- The India House Club
- The Lotos Club
- The Montauk Club
- The Norwood Club
- The Players
- The Salmagundi Club
- The SSMA Club
- The Squadron A Association (1895–1941)
- The Williams Club (1921–2010)
- Poughkeepsie
- The Amrita Club (1873–1980), insolvent
- The Amrita Club (1912–1980)
- Rochester
- The Genesee Valley Club (1885)[374][375][376]
- The University Club of Rochester (1909–1999), insolvent[377]
- The Genesee Valley Club
- The University Club of Rochester (1929–1999)
- Schenectady
- Syracuse
- Utica
- The City Club of Utica (1888–1975), insolvent[382]
- The Fort Schuyler Club (1883)[382][383][384]
North Carolina
- Charlotte
- Durham
- The University Club of North Carolina (1987)[389]
- Gastonia
- The City Club of Gastonia (1985–2012), insolvent[390]
- Greensboro
- The Greensboro City Club (1971–2005), insolvent[391]
- Hickory
- The Hickory Sportsman's Club (1985-2019), insolvent[392]
- High Point
- Raleigh
- Wilmington
- The Cape Fear Club (1866)[397]
- The City Club at de Rosset (1998)[398][399]
- Winston-Salem
Ohio
- Akron
- The Akron City Club (1915–2003), insolvent[402]
- Cincinnati
- The Bankers Club (1946–2009), insolvent[403]
- The Business Men's Club (1896–1924), merged into the Cincinnati Club[404]
- The Cincinnati Athletic Club (1853)[405]
- The Cincinnati Club (1889–1983), insolvent[404]
- The Cincinnati Faculty Club (1968)[406][407]
- The Cincinnati Women's Club (1894) [408]
- The Cuvier Press Club (1911–1973), insolvent
- The Literary Club of Cincinnati (1849)[409]
- Miami Boat Club (1897) [410]
- The Phoenix Club (1859–1911), merged into the Business Men's Club[404]
- Stumps (1900) [411]
- The Queen City Club (1874)[412]
- The University Club of Cincinnati (1879)[413][414]
- The Cincinnati Club (1911–1983)
- The Phoenix Club (1893–1911)
- Cleveland
- The Cleveland Athletic Club (1908–2007), insolvent[415]
- The Cleveland Club (1872–1939), insolvent amidst the Great Depression[416]
- The Hermit Club (1904)[417][418]
- The Rowfant Club (1892)[419]
- The Shoreby Club (1993) [420]
- The Tavern Club (1892)
- The Union Club (1872)[416][421]
- The University Club of Cleveland[422] (1898–2002), insolvent[423][424]
- The Cleveland Athletic Club (1911–2007)
- The Rowfant Club
- The Tavern Club
- The Union Club
- The Columbus Club
- Dayton
- The Engineers Club of Dayton (1914)[430]
- The Toledo Club
- Youngstown
- The Youngstown Club (1902–2012), insolvent[434]
Oklahoma
Oregon
- Eugene
- The Town Club (1950–2007), insolvent[447]
- Portland
- The Arlington Club (1867)
- The Founders Club (1984)[448]
- The Multnomah Athletic Club (1891)
- The University Club of Portland (1898)[449]
- The St Johns Bachelor Club (1909)
- The Arlington Club
Pennsylvania
- Andalusia
- The Schuylkill Fishing Company (1732), second-oldest existing gentlemen's club in North America (behind the South River Club)
- Bethlehem
- The Bethlehem Club (1909–2007), insolvent[450]
- The University Club of Bethlehem (1911)
- Catasauqua
- The Catasauqua Club (1897)[451]
- Easton
- Erie
- The Erie Club
- Harrisburg
- Lancaster
- Philadelphia
- The Down Town Club (1897–1995), insolvent and reopened as public event space[459][460]
- The Engineers Club of Philadelphia (1877–1990), lost clubhouse, continues to exist as an "inner club" of the Racquet Club of Philadelphia[460][461]
- The Franklin Inn Club (1902)[462][463]
- The Locust Club (1926–1999), insolvent[464]
- The Mask and Wig Club (1889)[465]
- The Midday Club (1929–1978), insolvent[466]
- The Pen & Pencil Club (1892)
- The Penn Club of Philadelphia (1875)
- The Philadelphia Club (1834), fourth oldest existing gentlemen's club in the United States (behind the South River Club, the Schuylkill Fishing Company, and the Old Colony Club)
- The Poor Richard Club (1925–1980), insolvent
- The Princeton Club (1868–1979), insolvent
- The Racquet Club of Philadelphia (1889)
- The Rittenhouse Club (1883–1991), lost clubhouse, continues to exist as an "inner club" of the Acorn Club, a women's club[467][468]
- The Union League of Philadelphia (1862)
- The University Club at Penn (1898), previously called the Lenape Club[469][470]
- The Vesper Club (1901–2012), lost clubhouse, briefly continued to exist as an "inner club" of the Racquet Club of Philadelphia, but then was evicted from Racquet Club when refused to obey a new, clubwide smoking ban[471][472]
- The Poor Richard Club (1925–1979)
- The Princeton Club (1910–1975)
- Pittsburgh
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- The Concordia Club (1874–2009), insolvent
- The Duquesne Club (1873)
- The Pittsburgh Athletic Association (1908)
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- The Concordia Club (1913–2009)
- The Duquesne Club
- Pottsville
- The Pottsville Club (1888–2013), insolvent[476]
- Scranton
- The Scranton Club (1895–2010), insolvent[477]
- State College
- The University Club of State College
- Wilkes-Barre
- The Westmoreland Club (1873)[480][481]
- Wilkinsburg
- The Pennwood Club (1904–1916)[482]
- Williamsport
- York
- The Lafayette Club (1898–2012), insolvent[485]
Rhode Island
- East Providence
- The Squantum Association (1870)
- Newport
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- The New York Yacht Club (1844) (summer station)
- The Newport Reading Room (1854)
South Carolina
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- The Green Boundary Club (1956)[494][495]
- Camden
- Charleston
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- Columbia
- Greenville
- Hilton Head
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- Rock Hill
- Spartanburg
Tennessee
- Chattanooga
- Knoxville
- The Claus Von Bulow Club (1984–86)
- The Bourbon Club (2019–present)
- Memphis
- Nashville
Texas
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- The Fort Worth Club
- Houston
- The Briar Club (1949)
- The Coronado Club (1956)[548][549]
- The Houston Club (1894)
- The Petroleum Club of Houston (1946)[550][551]
- The Houston Club
- Longview
- Lubbock
- The Lubbock Club (1951–2010), insolvent[554]
- Midland
- San Antonio
- Wichita Falls
- The Wichita Club (1918–2010), insolvent[563]
Utah
- The Alta Club
Vermont
- Burlington
- The Ethan Allen Club (1857–2010), insolvent[565]
Virginia
Washington
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- Seattle
- The Arctic Club (1908–1971), insolvent
- The College Club of Seattle (1910)[589][590]
- The Harbor Club (1959–2015)[585][586][590]
- The Rainier Club (1888)
- The University Club of Seattle (1900)[590][591]
- The University of Washington Club (1913)[592][593]
- The Washington Athletic Club (1930)
- The Arctic Club (1916–1971)
- The College Club of Seattle (1954–2013)
- The College Club of Seattle (2013–present)
- The Rainier Club
- The University Club of Seattle
- The Spokane Club
Wisconsin
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- Milwaukee
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- The Milwaukee Club (1882)[603][604]
- The University Club of Milwaukee (1898)
- The Wisconsin Club (formerly the Deutscher Club) (1891)[6][605][606]
- The Milwaukee Club
- The Wisconsin Club
- Racine
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- Wausau
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- The Wausau Club (1902–2004)
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