Baltimore Club - Baltimore
Once upon a time, Baltimore, like many American cities, had a number of private clubs. Formed for a variety of purposes a few still survive to this day, but quite a few succumbed, first to the Great Depression, and secondly to the economic decline of cities in the 1960s and 70s as well as a movement away from membership in such organizations. Yet today, you can still find reminders of these clubs of days gone by in the architecture of American cities. Their buildings have been adapted and reused for a variety of purposes, but they remain part of the landscape. Former Baltimore Club on the right The Baltimore Club was organized on January 9, 1878. Composed largely of the sons of members of the Maryland Club. It was to the Maryland Club what the Calumet was to the Union or the Rittenhouse was to the Philadelphia. "Smoking Room," which appears in the plans below as the "Main Hall" In 1887 a new clubhouse opened for the Baltimore Club. It was designed by J.A. & W.T....