Duquesne Club - Pittsburgh, PA
Posted by: bluesnote
N 40° 26.522 W 079° 59.911
17T E 584933 N 4477302
A small club located in downtown Pittsburgh.
Waymark Code: WMX42R
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/24/2017
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Taken from Wikipeida, "The Duquesne Club is a private social club in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, founded in 1873. The Duquesne Club was founded in 1873. Its first president was John H. Ricketson. 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. 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.
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.
In 2009, the Duquesne Club was ranked as the second best city club in the nation, behind the Union League Club of Philadelphia."
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