Formation | 1873 (151 years ago) |
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Type | City club |
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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.
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]
Among notable guests to the club are U.S. Presidents Ulysses S. Grant, Herbert Hoover, Gerald Ford, [4] Ronald Reagan, [5] [ failed verification] George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton as well as Colin Powell, Polish leader Edward Gierek, [6] Jungle James, Tars Cornish, Gene Simmons, King Charles III (while he was Prince of Wales) and Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. [7] Oil businessman and millionaire Philip M. Shannon owned an apartment in the club and died there in 1915. [8]
As of 2007, membership at the Duquesne Club consisted of about 2,700 men and women. [9] Though the Club does not discriminate in its selection of members, membership is by invitation from an existing member only. [9]