Maryland Club

Maryland Club
Formation1857 (1857)
Location
Websitewww.marylandclub1857.org

The Maryland Club is a private social club in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1857 as an exclusive men's club, it is today one of the oldest surviving such clubs. Its 1891 Romanesque clubhouse, located at 1 East Eager Street in the Mount Vernon neighborhood, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.

The Club’s members have traditionally been among the region’s most prominent business, professional, civic and nonprofit leaders. Membership is by invitation only. The Club's website says it wants a diverse membership of outstanding individuals regardless of race, gender, religion, ethnicity or sexual orientation.[1]

In 1861, the club supported the secession of the Confederate States of America.[2] The club was closed by Union troops during the American Civil War. General Lew Wallace outraged local residents by turning the club building into a shelter for homeless former slaves.[3] The club re-opened after the war.[2] The club opposed Prohibition and flouted the law through the use of private lockers.[2] After a 1995 fire nearly destroyed its building, the club restored its architectural and aesthetic elements. In 2019, a major renovation added squash facilities, improved the exercise area, added a bistro-style restaurant, and made other system upgrades.

In 1988, the club began accepting Jews as members. [4]

Notable members

See also

References

  1. ^ "Home - Maryland Club". www.marylandclub1857.org. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  2. ^ a b c "History". Maryland Club.
  3. ^ Brugger, Robert J. (1988). Maryland, A Middle Temperament: 1634-1980. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 364. ISBN 9780801854651. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  4. ^ Pietila, Anteri J. (2010). Not in My Neighborhood How Bigotry Shaped a Great American City Maryland, A Middle Temperament: 1634-1980. Chicago,Illinois: Ivan R. Dee Publisher. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-56663-843-2.
  5. ^ Gunning, Brooke; O'Donovan, Molly (2000). Baltimore's Halcyon Days. Arcadia Publishing. p. 75. ISBN 9780738506319. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  6. ^ Steiner, Bernard C. (1907). Men of Mark in Maryland: Biographies of Leading Men of the State. Washington, D.C.: Johnson-Wynne Company. p. 69. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  7. ^ Shepherd, Henry Elliot (1893). History of Baltimore, Maryland. S.B. Nelson. p. 865. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  8. ^ Shepherd, Henry Elliot (1893). History of Baltimore, Maryland. S.B. Nelson. p. 953. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  9. ^ Steiner, Bernard C. (1907). Men of Mark in Maryland: Biographies of Leading Men of the State. Washington, D.C.: Johnson-Wynne Company. p. 30. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  10. ^ "James T. Woodward, The Banker, Is Dead" (PDF). New York Times. April 11, 1910. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  11. ^ The Maryland Club, A History of Food and Friendship in Baltimore, 1857-1997; Pg 90, Robert J. Brugger