Mesa Woman's Club House
N 33° 25.175 W 111° 50.058
12S E 422433 N 3698114
On March 9th, 1917, 53 women got together and a club was formed.
Waymark Code: WMB0D
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 04/21/2006
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Historic Site
Mesa Woman's Club House
On March 9, 1917, Fifty-three women, inspired by Margaret Wheeler Ross, past president, 1914-1916, of the General Federation of Women's Clubs of Arizona, chartered the "Woman's Club of Mesa". Since 1901, Federated Women's Clubs, an international organization, has supported cultural and social activities, working for the betterment of family life. The Mesa group addiliated with the Federation and began in 1918 to raise funds for a club house. Distinguished by a corner turret capped with a red clay tile roof, this Spanish Colonial Revival brick building was completed on October 30, 1931.
Listed: National Register of Historic Places, 1991.
Sponsored by the GFWC-Scottsdale Junior Women's Club, GFWC-Arizona, and Arizona Historical Society
1994