Bradenton Woman's Club

	Bradenton Woman's Club
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The clubhouse in 2018
Location	1705 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton, Florida 34205
Coordinates	27°29′43″N 82°34′43″W / 27.49528°N 82.57861°W
Built	1921
Architect	Fred W. Kemode
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
Website	www.bradentonwomansclub.com
MPS	Clubhouses of Florida's Woman's Clubs Multiple Property Submission
NRHP reference No.	100003409
Added to NRHP	February 4, 2019

The Bradenton Woman's Club is a women's club in Bradenton, Florida. Their clubhouse building was completed in 1921 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019 as part of a Multiple Property Submission.^[1]

History

The group was founded in 1913 by 16 women, eight years before they completed the building. The organization continuously raises money for local charities with weekly dances, private rentals, and charity galas.^[2] Starting in 2004, the group started a multi-year campaign to restore the building to its original condition. ^[3]

They began celebrating their centennial in 2012.^[4] In 2017, Hurricane Irma stripped off most of the building roof, which flooded the original dance floor, warping the wood but the group was able to re-open later in the year with donations from the community.^[5]^[2]

Architecture

The 11,388-square-foot building was completed in 1921 during the Florida Land Boom and cost $22,500 to build. ^[3]^[6]^[5] The Colonial Revival building was designed by architect Fred W. Kermode and includes a mezzanine with an open two-story meeting space.^[7]^[8]