The five oldest existing American clubs are the South River Club in South River, Maryland (c.1690/1700), the Schuylkill Fishing Company in Andalusia, Pennsylvania (1732), the Old Colony Club in Plymouth, Massachusetts (1769), The Philadelphia Club in Philadelphia (1834), and the Union Club of the City of New York in New York City (1836). Today, these clubs also continue to operate in the United States. The traditional gentlemen's club originated in London (in particular the St James's area) in the 18th century as a successor to coffeehouses. Thus is the American aristocracy recruited.'" History Rockefeller, Jr., University Club John D. The following progress is characteristic: John D. Morgan belonged to nineteen clubs in all Vanderbilt, to fifteen Harriman, to fourteen.’ Allen then goes on to show how the descendants of these financial giants were assimilated into the upper class: ‘By way of footnote, it may be added that although in that year only two of our ten financiers belonged to the Knickerbocker Club, in 1933 the grandsons of six of them did. Rockefeller, William Rockefeller, and Rogers, along with Morgan and Baker were listed as members of the Union League Club (the stronghold of Republican respectability) seven of the group belonged to the New York Yacht Club.
Morgan and Cornelius Vanderbilt III, belonged to the Knickerbocker Club, the citadel of Patrician families (indeed, both already belonged to old prominent families at the time), Stillman and Harriman joined these two in the membership of the almost equally fashionable Union Club Baker joined these four in the membership of the Metropolitan Club of New York (Magnificent, but easier of access to new wealth) John D. Frederick Lewis Allen showed how this process operated in the case of the nine “Lords of Creation” who were listed in the New York Social Register as of 1905: ‘The nine men who were listed were recorded as belonging to 9.4 clubs apiece,’ wrote Allen. Aristocracy of birth is replaced by an aristocracy of ballot. Digby Baltzell explains in his book Philadelphia Gentlemen: The Making of a National Upper Class: "The circulation of elites in America and the assimilation of new men of power and influence into the upper class takes place primarily through the medium of urban clubdom. Rockefeller, III, reached the pinnacle with his acceptance into the Knickerbocker Club (Baltzell 1989, 340)." Į. Rockefeller, Jr., belonged to the University Club, a step up from his father and finally his son John D. Rockefeller, the family founder and the nation's first billionaire, joined the Union League Club, a fairly respectable but not top-level club John D. Old money prevails over new money as the Rockefeller family experience suggests. The individual and family must meet the admissions committee's standards for values and behavior. The most exclusive social clubs are two in New York City – the Links and the Knickerbocker (Allen 1987, 25)" ĭoob further explains: "Personal wealth has never been the sole basis for attaining membership in exclusive clubs. Others, which are well respected, have developed in such major cities as Pittsburgh, Chicago, and San Francisco. Society: "The most exclusive social clubs are in the oldest cities – Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. On exclusivity and assimilation into the upper class Ĭhristopher Doob wrote in his book Social Inequality and Social Stratification in U.S.
Historically, these clubs were exclusively for men, but most (though not all) now admit women.
The following is a list of notable traditional gentlemen's clubs in the United States, including those that are now defunct. The Yale Club of New York City, founded 1897, the largest gentlemen's club in the world
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