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List of traditional gentlemen's clubs in the United States

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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, but most (though not all) in the United States now admit women.

Contents

History

The traditional gentlemen's club originated in London (in particular the St. James's area) in the 18th century as a successor to coffeehouses. 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). The Boston Club, of New Orleans, named after the card game and not the city, is the oldest southern club, founded in 1841 and recently celebrated their 175th Anniversary (2016). 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).

Present Day

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. As detailed below, only twelve American cities have five or more such clubs: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, 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. 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, the New York Athletic Club in New York City, 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 in the United States the term "gentlemen's club" commonly may be used 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
  • The Birmingham Athletic Club (1886-1926), became insolvent
  • The Birmingham Athletic Club (1999-2009), became insolvent
  • The Club (1951)
  • The Phoenix Club (1883-1926), moved to Shades Mountain and became a country club
  • The Southern Club (1883-1931), became insolvent
  • Mobile
  • The Bienville Club (1967-2013), became insolvent
  • The International Trade Club (1966-2009), became insolvent
  • Tuscaloosa
  • The University Club of the University of Alabama (1944)
  • Alaska

  • Anchorage
  • The Petroleum Club of Anchorage (1958)
  • Arizona

  • Phoenix
  • The Arizona Club (1894-2009), became insolvent
  • The University Club of Phoenix (1965)
  • Tempe
  • The University Club of Arizona State University (1989)
  • Tucson
  • The Mountain Oyster Club (1948)
  • Arkansas

  • Little Rock
  • The Little Rock Club (1969)
  • California

  • Bakersfield
  • The Petroleum Club of Bakersfield (1952)
  • Berkeley
  • The Berkeley City Club (1927)
  • The Berkeley Faculty Club (1902)
  • Eureka
  • The Ingomar Club (1950)
  • Fresno
  • The Downtown Club (1963-2013), became insolvent
  • Long Beach
  • The Long Beach Petroleum Club (1953)
  • 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), became insolvent
  • The University Club of Los Angeles (1898-1992), became insolvent
  • The USC University Club (1928-2012), continues operating at a new facility, but absorbed as a legal entity by USC.
  • Modesto
  • Old Fisherman's Club
  • Monterey
  • Pacheco Club (1957)
  • Newport Beach
  • The Pacific Club (1981), which presents the Lott Trophy
  • Oakland
  • The Bellevue Club (1929)
  • The Lakeview Club (1984-2000), became insolvent
  • Palo Alto
  • The Stanford Faculty Club (1908)
  • The University Club of Palo Alto (1952)
  • Pasadena
  • The Athenaeum at Caltech (1930)
  • The Pasadena Athletic Club (1926-2007), became insolvent
  • The University Club of Pasadena (1922)
  • Sacramento
  • The Sutter Club (1889)
  • San Diego
  • The Faculty Club (1975)
  • The University Club of San Diego (1896)
  • San Francisco
  • Bankers Club
  • The Bohemian Club (1872), which hosts the Bohemian Grove retreat
  • The Cercle de l'Union ("the French Club") (1905)
  • The City Club of San Francisco (1930), until 1987 called the Pacific Stock Exchange Lunch Club
  • The Concordia-Argonaut Club (1864)
  • 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)
  • 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), became insolvent
  • The Sainte Claire Club (1895)
  • The Silicon Valley Athletic Club (1981), until 2012 called the San Jose Athletic Club
  • Santa Barbara
  • The Faculty Club (1963)
  • The Santa Barbara Club (1892)
  • The University Club of Santa Barbara (1923)
  • Stockton
  • The Yosemite Club (1888-2010), became insolvent
  • Colorado

  • Colorado Springs
  • The El Paso Club (1877)
  • Denver
  • The Cactus Club (1911)
  • The Denver Athletic Club (1884)
  • The Denver Club (1880-1995), Denver's oldest club, became insolvent; had contained two singles and one doubles squash courts
  • The Denver Petroleum Club (1948)
  • The Denver Press Club (1877), the oldest existing press club in the United States
  • The University Club of Denver (1891)
  • Connecticut

  • Greenwich
  • The Field Club (1908)
  • Hartford
  • The Hartford Club (1873)
  • New Haven
  • The Graduate Club (1892)
  • Mory's Association (1849)
  • The New Haven Lawn Club (1891)
  • The Quinnipiack Club (1871)
  • New London
  • The Thames Club (1869)
  • Waterbury
  • The Waterbury Club (1881-2009), became insolvent
  • Delaware

  • Wilmington
  • The Wilmington Club (1855)
  • The University Club of Wilmington (1924-1958), merged with the Wilmington Whist Club to become the University and Whist Club
  • The University and Whist Club (1891)
  • District of Columbia

  • Washington
  • The Alibi Club (1884)
  • The Army and Navy Club (1885)
  • The Arts Club of Washington (1916)
  • The Capitol Hill Club (The National Republican Club) (1951)
  • The City Tavern Club (1959)
  • The Cosmos Club (1878)
  • The George Town Club (1966)
  • The Metropolitan Club (1863)
  • The National Press Club (1908)
  • The Racquet Club of Washington (1920-1936), merged into the University Club of Washington, D.C.
  • The University Club of Washington, DC (1904)
  • The Washington Club (1891)
  • Florida

  • Jacksonville
  • The River Club of Jacksonville (1954)
  • Miami
  • The Bankers Club (1972)
  • The Brickell Club (1988-1995), became insolvent
  • The City Club (1984-1994), merged with the Miami Club to become the Miami City Club
  • The Miami City Club (1994-2011), became insolvent
  • The Miami Club (1921-1994), merged with the City Club to become the Miami City Club
  • The Standard Club of Greater Miami (1961-1990), became insolvent
  • The University Club of Miami(1954-1995), became insolvent
  • Naples
  • The Collier Athletic Club (1985-2010), became insolvent
  • Orlando
  • The University Club of Orlando (1926)
  • North Palm Beach
  • The City Club of the Palm Beaches (1990-2010), became insolvent
  • Sarasota
  • The University Club of Sarasota (1969-2009), went bankrupt
  • Surfside
  • The Surf Club (1930)
  • Tallahassee
  • The Governor's Club (1982)
  • Tampa
  • The Tampa Club (1982)
  • The University Club of Tampa (1946)
  • Georgia

  • Atlanta
  • The Burns Club Atlanta (1896)
  • The Capital City Club (1883)
  • The Cherokee Town and Country Club (1956)
  • The Georgian Club (1982)
  • The Peachtree Club (1989)
  • The Piedmont Driving Club (1887)
  • The Standard Club (1866-1983), moved to Johns Creek, Georgia, and became a country club
  • Augusta
  • The Pinnacle Club (1967)
  • Macon
  • The City Club of Macon (1992-2008), became insolvent
  • Savannah
  • The Chatham Club (1968)
  • The Oglethorpe Club (1870)
  • Hawaii

  • Honolulu
  • The Commercial Club (1906-1963), became insolvent
  • The Pacific Club (1851)
  • The University Club of Honolulu (1905-1930), merged into the Pacific Club
  • Idaho

  • Boise
  • The Arid Club (1890)
  • Illinois

  • Chicago
  • The Casino Club (1914)
  • The Caxton Club (1895)
  • The Chicago Athletic Association (1890-2007), went bankrupt
  • The Chicago Club (1869)
  • The Cliff Dwellers Club (1907)
  • The Quadrangle Club (1893)
  • The Racquet Club of Chicago (1923)
  • The Standard Club (1869)
  • The Union League of Chicago (1879)
  • The University Club of Chicago (1887)
  • Decatur
  • The Decatur Club (1883)
  • Oakbrook Terrace
  • The DuPage Club (1984)
  • Peoria
  • The Creve Coeur Club (1894)
  • Rockford
  • The University Club of Rockford (1911)
  • Springfield
  • The Sangamo Club (1890)
  • Wilmette
  • The Michigan Shores Club (1904), until 1943 called the Shawnee Club
  • Indiana

  • Bloomington
  • The University Club of Indiana University (1958)
  • Evansville
  • The Evansville Petroleum Club (1948-2006), became insolvent
  • Indianapolis
  • The Antelope Club (1947)
  • The Columbia Club (1889)
  • The Indianapolis Athletic Club (1920-2004), became insolvent
  • The University Club of Indianapolis (1893)
  • South Bend
  • The Summit Club (1967-2012), became insolvent
  • Iowa

  • Davenport
  • The Davenport Club (1945-1993), became insolvent
  • The Outing Club (1891)
  • Des Moines
  • The Des Moines Club (1909-2002), merged with the Embassy Club to become the Des Moines Embassy Club
  • The Des Moines Embassy Club (1909), formed in 2002 from the merger of the Embassy Club and Des Moines Club
  • The Embassy Club (1946-2002), merged with the Des Moines Club to become the Des Moines Embassy Club
  • Iowa City
  • The University Club of Iowa City (1917)
  • Kansas

  • Hutchinson
  • The Hutchinson Town Club (1947)
  • Kansas City
  • The Kansas City Athletic Club (1887)
  • Topeka
  • The Top of the Tower Club (1968)
  • Wichita
  • The Petroleum Club of Wichita (1949)
  • The Wichita Club (1889-1996), merged into the Petroleum Club of Wichita
  • Kentucky

  • Covington
  • The Metropolitan Club (1991)
  • Lexington
  • The Club at Spindletop Hall (1965)
  • The Lexington Club (1860)
  • Louisville
  • The Pendennis Club (1881)
  • The University Club of Louisville (1991)
  • Owensboro
  • The Campbell Club (1959)
  • Louisiana

  • Baton Rouge
  • The Camelot Club (1967) The Camelot Club is now defunct.
  • The City Club (1957)
  • Lafayette
  • The Petroleum Club of Lafayette (1953)
  • Lake Charles
  • The Pioneer Club (1948)
  • Monroe
  • The Lotus Club (1920)
  • Morgan City
  • The Petroleum Club of Morgan City (1966)
  • New Orleans
  • The Boston Club (1841), oldest in the South.
  • The Louisiana Club (1872)
  • Le Moyne de Bienville Club (1964)
  • The New Orleans Athletic Club (1872)
  • The Pickwick Club (1857)
  • The Round Table Club (1898)
  • The Stratford Club (1897)
  • Shreveport
  • The Cambridge Club (1982-2009), became insolvent
  • The Petroleum Club of Shreveport (1948)
  • The Shreveport Club (1946)
  • The University Club of Shreveport (1979-2011), became insolvent
  • Maine

  • Bangor
  • The Tarratine Club (1884-1991)
  • Portland
  • The Cumberland Club (1877)
  • The Portland Club (1886)
  • The Woodfords Club (1913)
  • Maryland

  • Baltimore
  • The Center Club (1962)
  • The Engineers Club (1905)
  • The Johns Hopkins Club (1899)
  • The Maryland Club (1857)
  • South River
  • The South River Club (c.1690); oldest existing gentlemen's club in North America
  • Massachusetts

  • Amherst
  • The University of Massachusetts University Club (1935)
  • Andover
  • The Lanam Club (1957)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Cambridge
  • The Harvard Faculty Club (1920)
  • Fall River
  • The Quequechan Club (1861)
  • Fitchburg
  • The Fay Club (1910)
  • Lenox
  • The Lenox Club (1864)
  • Lowell
  • The Yorick Club (1882-1979), went bankrupt
  • New Bedford
  • The Wamsutta Club (1866)
  • 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)
  • Quincy
  • The Neighborhood Club (1916)
  • Springfield
  • The Colony Club (1915)
  • Worcester
  • The Worcester Club (1888)
  • Michigan

  • Calumet
  • The Miscowaubik Club (1903)
  • Detroit
  • The Book Club of Detroit (1957)
  • The Detroit Athletic Club (1887)
  • The Detroit Club (1882)
  • The Detroit Racquet Club (1902)
  • The Harmonie Club (1849-1974), became insolvent
  • The Players (1910)
  • Grand Rapids
  • The Peninsular Club (1881-2008), became insolvent
  • The Press Club (1953-2004), merged into the University Club of Grand Rapids
  • The University Club of Grand Rapids (1923)
  • Iron Mountain
  • The Chippewa Club (1945)
  • Kalamazoo
  • The Beacon Club (1947)
  • The Park Club of Kalamazoo(1904)
  • Lansing
  • The University Club of Michigan State University (1962)
  • Saginaw
  • The Saginaw Club (1889)
  • Minnesota

  • Bloomington
  • The Decathlon Club (1968-2000), was damaged in fire and did not reopen
  • Duluth
  • The Kitchi Gammi Club (1883)
  • Minneapolis
  • The Campus Club (1911)
  • The Minneapolis Athletic Club (1915-1998), became insolvent
  • The Minneapolis Club (1883)
  • Saint Paul
  • The Minnesota Club (1910-2000), became insolvent
  • The St. Paul Athletic Club (1917-1991), became insolvent
  • The University Club of Saint Paul (1912)
  • Mississippi

  • Gulfport
  • The Great Southern Club (1988)
  • Jackson
  • The Capital Club (1947)
  • Missouri

  • Clayton
  • The Saint Louis Club (1961)
  • The University Club of St. Louis (1872-2007), became insolvent
  • The Whittemore House Club (1969)
  • Columbia
  • The University Club of Missouri University (1895)
  • Kansas City
  • The Kansas City Athletic Club (1887-1997), moved to Kansas City, Kansas
  • The Kansas City Club (1882)
  • The Progress Club (1881-1928), moved and became the Oakwood Country Club
  • The River Club (1948)
  • The University Club of Kansas City (1901-1999), merged into the Kansas City Club
  • Springfield
  • The Tower Club (1987), highest point in Missouri
  • St. Joseph
  • The Benton Club (1887)
  • St. Louis
  • The Missouri Athletic Club (1903), which awards the Hermann Trophy
  • The Noonday Club (1893)
  • The Racquet Club of St. Louis (1906), which funded Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis
  • The St. Louis Club (1886-1925), was damaged in fire and did not reopen
  • The University Club of St. Louis (1872-1974), moved to Clayton, Missouri
  • Montana

  • Billings
  • The Billings Petroleum Club (1954)
  • Butte
  • The Silver Bow Club (1906-1930), became insolvent
  • Helena
  • The Montana Club (1885)
  • Miles City
  • The Miles City Club (1884)
  • Nebraska

  • Lincoln
  • The Nebraska Club (1954)
  • The University Club of Lincoln (1923-1999), became insolvent, members joined Nebraska Club
  • Omaha
  • The Omaha Press Club (1955)
  • New Hampshire

  • Portsmouth
  • The One Hundred Club (2003)
  • The Warwick Club (1892)
  • New Jersey

  • Florham Park
  • The Park Avenue Club (1894)
  • Montclair
  • The Commonwealth Club (1904)
  • Morristown
  • The Morristown Club (1884)
  • Newark
  • The 744 Club (1958-1991), became insolvent
  • The Downtown Club (1914-1983), became insolvent
  • The Essex Club (1876-1992), became insolvent
  • The Newark Athletic Club (1850-1965), became insolvent
  • New Brunswick
  • The Rutgers Club (1957)
  • Princeton
  • The Nassau Club (1889)
  • The Prospect House Club (1968)
  • Trenton
  • The Trenton Club (1884-2013), became insolvent
  • New Mexico

  • Albuquerque
  • The Albuquerque Petroleum Club (1956-2007), became insolvent
  • The Albuquerque Press Club (1965)
  • New York

  • Albany
  • The Fort Orange Club (1880)
  • The University Club of Albany (1901)
  • Binghamton
  • The Binghamton Club (1880)
  • Buffalo
  • The Buffalo Club (1867)
  • The Saturn Club (1885)
  • The University Club of Buffalo (1894-1980), became insolvent
  • Elmira
  • The Elmira City Club (1889)
  • Jamestown
  • The Jamestown Town Club (1929)
  • New York City
  • Clubs affiliated with university alumni groups:
  • The Cornell Club of New York (1889)
  • The Harvard Club of New York (1887)
  • The Columbia University Club of New York (1901-1973), lost clubhouse, continues to exist "in residence" at the Princeton Club of New York
  • The NYU Club lost clubhouse in 1989, continues to exist "in residence" at the Princeton Club of New York
  • 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 Princeton Club of New York
  • The Yale Club of New York City (1897), the largest private club in the world, which awarded the Heisman Trophy in 2002 and 2003
  • The Brook (1903)
  • The Century Association (1847)
  • The Coffee House Club (1914)
  • The Chemists' Club (1898-1970), lost clubhouse, continues to exist as an "inner club" of the Penn Club of New York City
  • 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), went bankrupt and lost clubhouse
  • The Explorers Club (1904)
  • The Friars' Club (1904)
  • The Grolier Club (1884)
  • The Harmonie Club (1852)
  • The India House Club (1914)
  • The Knickerbocker Club (1871)
  • The Leash (1925)
  • The Links Club (1921)
  • The Lotos Club (1870)
  • The Metropolitan Club (1891)
  • The Montauk Club (1891)
  • 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)
  • 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), fifth oldest existing gentlemen's club in the United States (behind the South River Club, the Schuylkill Fishing Company, the Old Colony Club, and The Philadelphia Club)
  • The Union League Club of New York (1863)
  • The University Club of New York (1865)
  • Poughkeepsie
  • The Amrita Club (1873-1980), became insolvent
  • Rochester
  • The Genesee Valley Club (1885)
  • The University Club of Rochester (1909-1999), went bankrupt
  • Schenectady
  • The Mohawk Club (1885)
  • Syracuse
  • The Century Club of Syracuse (1876)
  • Utica
  • The City Club of Utica (1888-1975), became insolvent
  • The Fort Schuyler Club (1883)
  • North Carolina

  • Charlotte
  • The Charlotte Athletic Club (1968-1991), merged into the Tower Club
  • The Charlotte City Club (1947)
  • The Tower Club (1984-2004), merged into the Charlotte City Club
  • Durham
  • The University Club of North Carolina (1987)
  • Gastonia
  • The City Club of Gastonia (1985-2012), went bankrupt
  • Greensboro
  • The Greensboro City Club (1971-2005), became insolvent
  • Hickory
  • The Hickory Sportsman's Club (1985)
  • High Point
  • The String and Splinter Club (1957)
  • Raleigh
  • The Capital City Club (1979-2009), merged with the Cardinal Club to become the Downtown Clubs of Raleigh
  • The Cardinal Club (1979-2009), merged with the Capital City Club to become the Downtown Clubs of Raleigh
  • The Downtown Clubs of Raleigh (1979)
  • Wilmington
  • The Cape Fear Club (1866)
  • The City Club at de Rosset (1998)
  • Winston-Salem
  • The Piedmont Club (1986)
  • The Twin City Club (1885-2010), became insolvent
  • Ohio

  • Akron
  • The Akron City Club (1915-2003), became insolvent
  • Cincinnati
  • The Bankers Club (1946-2009), became insolvent
  • The Business Men's Club (1896-1924), merged into the Cincinnati Club
  • The Cincinnati Athletic Club (1853)
  • The Cincinnati Club (1889-1983), became insolvent
  • The Cincinnati Faculty Club (1968)
  • The Cuvier Press Club (1911-1973), became insolvent
  • The Literary Club of Cincinnati (1849)
  • The Phoenix Club (1859-1911), merged into the Business Men's Club
  • The Queen City Club (1874)
  • The University Club of Cincinnati (1879)
  • Cleveland
  • The Cleveland Athletic Club (1908-2007), went bankrupt
  • The Cleveland Club (1872-1939), became insolvent amidst the Great Depression
  • The Hermit Club (1904)
  • The Rowfant Club (1892)
  • The Tavern Club (1892)
  • The Union Club (1872)
  • The University Club of Cleveland (1898-2002), became insolvent
  • Columbus
  • The Athletic Club of Columbus (1916)
  • Columbus Club (1886)
  • The Ohio State University Faculty Club (1939)
  • Dayton
  • The Engineers Club of Dayton (1914)
  • Massillon
  • The Massillon Club (1917-2011), became insolvent
  • Toledo
  • The Toledo Club (1889)
  • Youngstown
  • The Youngstown Club (1902-2012), became insolvent
  • Oklahoma

  • Edmond
  • The Petroleum Club of Oklahoma City (1956)
  • Norman
  • The University Club of the University of Oklahoma (1925)
  • Oklahoma City
  • The Beacon Club (1942)
  • The Petroleum Club of Oklahoma City (1956)
  • Tulsa
  • The Summit (1967)
  • The Tulsa Petroleum Club (1950-2011), became insolvent
  • The Tulsa Press Club (1906)
  • Oregon

  • Eugene
  • The Town Club (1950-2007), became insolvent
  • Portland
  • The Arlington Club (1867)
  • The Founders Club (1984)
  • The Multnomah Athletic Club (1891)
  • The University Club of Portland (1898)
  • 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), became insolvent
  • The University Club of Bethlehem (1911)
  • Catasauqua
  • The Catasauqua Club (1897)
  • Easton
  • The Pomfret Club (1882)
  • Erie
  • The Erie Club (1882)
  • Harrisburg
  • The Tuesday Club (1962-2002), became insolvent
  • Lancaster
  • The Hamilton Club (1889)
  • Philadelphia
  • The Down Town Club (1897-1995), became insolvent and reopened as public event space
  • The Engineers Club of Philadelphia (1877-1990), lost clubhouse, continues to exist as an "inner club" of the Racquet Club of Philadelphia
  • The Franklin Inn Club (1902)
  • The Locust Club (1926-1999), became insolvent
  • The Mask and Wig Club (1889)
  • The Midday Club (1929-1978), became insolvent
  • 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), became insolvent
  • The Princeton Club (1868-1979), became 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
  • The Union League of Philadelphia (1862)
  • The University Club at Penn (1898), previously called the Lenape Club
  • 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
  • Pittsburgh
  • The Allegheny Harvard-Yale-Princeton Club (1930)
  • The Concordia Club (1874-2009), became insolvent
  • The Duquesne Club (1873)
  • The Pittsburgh Athletic Association (1908)
  • The University Club of Pittsburgh (1923)
  • Pottsville
  • The Pottsville Club (1888)
  • Scranton
  • The Scranton Club (1895-2010), became insolvent
  • State College
  • The University Club of State College (1908)
  • Wilkes-Barre
  • The Westmoreland Club (1873)
  • Wilkinsburg
  • The Pennwood Club (1904-1916)
  • Williamsport
  • The Ross Club (1890)
  • York
  • The Lafayette Club (1898-2012), became insolvent
  • Rhode Island

  • East Providence
  • The Squantum Association (1870)
  • Newport
  • The Clambake Club of Newport (1895)
  • The New York Yacht Club (1844) (summer station)
  • The Newport Reading Room (1854)
  • Pawtucket
  • The To Kalon Club (1867-2010), became insolvent
  • Providence
  • The Hope Club (1875)
  • The University Club of Providence (1899)
  • South Carolina

  • Aiken
  • The Aiken Tennis Club (1898)
  • The Green Boundary Club (1956)
  • Camden
  • The Springdale Hall Club (1950)
  • Charleston
  • The Charleston Club (1852)
  • Columbia
  • The Palmetto Club (1956)
  • The Summit Club (1972-2010), merged into the Palmetto Club
  • Greenville
  • The Poinsett Club (1935)
  • Rock Hill
  • The City Club of Rock Hill (1998)
  • Spartanburg
  • The Piedmont Club (1941)
  • Tennessee

  • Chattanooga
  • The Mountain City Club (1889)
  • The Walden Club (1975)
  • Memphis
  • The Racquet Club of Memphis (1957)
  • The Rex Club (1861–1942), moved and became the Ridgeway Country Club
  • The Summit Club (1972–2003), became insolvent
  • The Tennessee Club (1875–1987), became insolvent
  • The University Club of Memphis (1907)
  • Nashville
  • The Nashville City Club (1957)
  • The University Club of Nashville (1962)
  • Texas

  • Abilene
  • The Petroleum Club of Abilene (1950–2000), became insolvent
  • Amarillo
  • The Amarillo Club (1947)
  • Austin
  • The Austin Club (1949)
  • The Campus Club (1972)
  • The University Club
  • The Headliner's Club of Austin (1945)
  • Beaumont
  • The Beaumont Club (1921)
  • Corpus Christi
  • The Corpus Christi Town Club (1952)
  • Dallas
  • The City Club (1918)
  • The Dallas Petroleum Club (1934)
  • The Faculty Club of Southern Methodist University (1921)
  • The Park City Club (1984)
  • El Paso
  • The El Paso Club (1963)
  • Fort Worth
  • The City Club of Fort Worth (1984)
  • The Fort Worth Club (1885), named the Commercial Club until 1906
  • The Petroleum Club of Fort Worth (1953)
  • Houston
  • The Briar Club (1949)
  • The Coronado Club (1956)
  • The Houston Club (1894)
  • The Petroleum Club of Houston (1946)
  • Longview
  • The Summit Club (1980)
  • Lubbock
  • The Lubbock Club (1951-2010), became insolvent
  • Midland
  • The Petroleum Club of Midland (1947)
  • San Antonio
  • The Argyle Club (1955)
  • Club Giraud (1983)
  • The Petroleum Club of San Antonio (1980)
  • The San Antonio Club (1945-2005), became insolvent
  • The St. Anthony Club (1956-1993), became insolvent
  • Wichita Falls
  • The Wichita Club (1918-2010), became insolvent
  • Utah

  • Salt Lake City
  • The Alta Club (1883)
  • The University Club of Salt Lake City (1904-1993), became insolvent
  • Vermont

  • Burlington
  • The Ethan Allen Club (1857-2010), became insolvent
  • Virginia

  • Charlottesville
  • The Colonnade Club (1907)
  • Norfolk
  • The Harbor Club (1968-2007), became insolvent
  • The Virginia Club (1873)
  • Richmond
  • The 2300 Club (1964)
  • The Bull and Bear Club (1966)
  • The Commonwealth Club (1890)
  • The Downtown Club (1953-2006), became insolvent
  • Virginia Beach
  • The Town Center City Club (2003)
  • Warrenton
  • The Fauquier Club (1902)
  • Washington

  • Bellevue
  • The Harbor Club (1959)
  • The Bellevue Club (1979)
  • Seattle
  • The Arctic Club (1908–1971), became insolvent
  • The College Club of Seattle (1910)
  • The Harbor Club (1959–2015)
  • The Rainier Club (1888)
  • The University Club of Seattle (1900)
  • The University of Washington Club (1913)
  • The Washington Athletic Club (1930)
  • Spokane
  • The Spokane Club (1890)
  • Wisconsin

  • La Crosse
  • The La Crosse Club (1882)
  • Madison
  • The Madison Club (1909)
  • The University Club of the University of Wisconsin (1906)
  • Milwaukee
  • The Milwaukee Athletic Club (1882)
  • The Milwaukee Club (1882)
  • The University Club of Milwaukee (1898)
  • The Wisconsin Club (1891)
  • Wausau
  • The Wausau Club (1901-2004), became insolvent
  • Wyoming

  • Casper
  • The Casper Petroleum Club (1949)
  • References

    List of traditional gentlemen's clubs in the United States Wikipedia