# List of gentlemen's clubs in the United States

The following is a list of notable traditional gentlemen's clubs in the United States, including those that are now defunct. Historically, these clubs were exclusively for men, but most (though not all) now admit women.

## On exclusivity and assimilation into the upper class

Christopher Doob explains in his book Social Inequality and Social Stratification in U.S. Society:
   The most exclusive social clubs are in the oldest cities – Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. Others, which are well respected, have developed in such major cities as Pittsburgh, Chicago, and San Francisco. The most exclusive social clubs are two in New York City – the Links and the Knickerbocker (Allen 1987, 25). Personal wealth has never been the sole basis for attaining membership in exclusive clubs. The individual and family must meet the admissions committee's standards for values and behavior. Old money prevails over new money as the Rockefeller family experience suggests. 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. Rockefeller, Jr., belonged to the University Club, a step up from his father; and finally his son John D. Rockefeller, III, reached the pinnacle with his acceptance into the Knickerbocker Club (Baltzell 1989, 340).
E. Digby Baltzell, sociologist of the WASP establishment, 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. Aristocracy of birth is replaced by an aristocracy of ballot. 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 [in the Social Register] were recorded as belonging to 9.4 clubs apiece,’ wrote Allen. ‘Though only two of them, J. P. 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. 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 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 [1905] only two of our ten financiers belonged to the Knickerbocker Club, in 1933 the grandsons of six of them did. The following progress is characteristic: John D. Rockefeller, Union League Club; John D. Rockefeller, Jr., University Club; John D. Rockefeller 3rd, Knickerbocker Club. Thus is the American aristocracy recruited.'

## History

The traditional gentlemen's club originated in London (in particular the St James's area) in the 18th century as a successor to coffeehouses. These clubs also continue to operate in the United States. 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). The Boston Club, of New Orleans, named after the card game and not the city, is the oldest southern club, founded in 1841. The five oldest existing clubs west of the Mississippi River are the Pacific Club in Honolulu (1851), the Pacific-Union Club (1852), Olympic Club (1860), and Concordia-Argonaut Club (1864), all in San Francisco, and the Arlington Club in Portland, Oregon (1867).

## Present day

While most major American cities today have at least one gentlemen's club, they are most prevalent in older cities, especially those on the East Coast. As detailed below, only thirteen American cities have five or more such clubs: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. Also as detailed below, New York City contains more than any other American city, including the Yale Club of New York City, the largest traditional gentlemen's club in the world. Throughout the country, though, many clubs have reciprocal relationships with the older clubs in London, with each other, and with other gentlemen's clubs around the world.
A few American gentlemen's clubs maintain separate "city" and "country" clubhouses, essentially functioning as both a traditional gentlemen's club in one location and a country club in another: the Piedmont Driving Club in Atlanta, the Wisconsin Club in Milwaukee, the New York Athletic Club in New York City, the Union League of Philadelphia, the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis, and the Olympic Club in San Francisco. Similarly, the Jonathan Club in Los Angeles functions as a traditional gentlemen's club in one location and a beach club in another.
Because the term "gentlemen's club" is commonly used in the United States to refer euphemistically to strip clubs, traditional gentlemen's clubs often are referred to as "men's clubs" or "city clubs" (as opposed to country clubs) or simply as "private social clubs" or just "private clubs". For other meanings and nuances of the word "club", see club.

## Clubs currently operating
### Alabama

* Birmingham
** The Club (1951)
** The Phoenix Club (1883–1926), moved to Shades Mountain and became a country club
* Mobile
** The Athelstan Club (1875)
** The Manassas Club (1861-1920s)
* Tuscaloosa
** The University Club of the University of Alabama (1944)

### Alaska

* Anchorage
** The Petroleum Club of Anchorage (1958)

### Arizona

* Phoenix
** The University Club of Phoenix (1965)
* Tempe
** The University Club of Arizona State University (1989)
* The University Club of Arizona State University
* Tucson
** The Mountain Oyster Club (1948)

### California

* Bakersfield
** The Petroleum Club of Bakersfield (1952)
* Berkeley
** The Berkeley City Club (1927)
** The Berkeley Faculty Club (1902)
* The Berkeley City Club
* The Berkeley Faculty Club
* Eureka
** The Ingomar Club (1950)
* The Ingomar Club
* Long Beach
** The Long Beach Petroleum Club (1953)
* Los Angeles
** The Academy of Magical Arts (1952)
** The California Club (1887)
** The Jonathan Club (1895)
** The Los Angeles Athletic Club (1880)
* The California Club
* Modesto
** Old Fisherman's Club
* Monterey
** Pacheco Club (1957)
* Newport Beach
** The Pacific Club (1981), which presents the Lott Trophy
* Oakland
** The Bellevue Club (1929) (Never a gentlemen's club, it was exclusively for women until 1973)
** The Lakeview Club (1984–2000), insolvent
* Palo Alto
** The Stanford Faculty Club (1908)
** The University Club of Palo Alto (1952)
* Pasadena
** The Athenaeum at Caltech (1930)
** The Pasadena Athletic Club (1926–2007), insolvent
** The University Club of Pasadena (1922)
* Sacramento
** The Sutter Club (1889)
* San Diego
** The Faculty Club (1975)
** The University Club of San Diego (1896)
* San Francisco
** Bankers Club
** The Bohemian Club (1872), which hosts the Bohemian Grove retreat
** The Cercle de l'Union ("the French Club") (1905)
** The City Club of San Francisco (1930), until 1987 called the Pacific Stock Exchange Lunch Club
** The Concordia-Argonaut Club (1864)
** The Family (1901), founded by members of the Bohemian Club who left in a dispute
** The Marines Memorial Club (1946)
** The Norwegian Club of San Francisco (1898)
** The Olympic Club (1860)
** The Pacific-Union Club (1852)
** The University Club of San Francisco (1890)
** The Villa Taverna (1960)
* The Bohemian Club
* The Marines Memorial Club
* The Olympic Club
* The Pacific-Union Club
* The University Club of San Francisco
* San Jose
** The Metropolitan University Club (1936–1990), created from merger of previous Metropolitan Social & Athletic Club (1936) and University Club of San Jose (1957), insolvent
** The Sainte Claire Club (1895)
** The Silicon Valley Athletic Club (1981), until 2012 called the San Jose Athletic Club
* The Sainte Claire Club
* Santa Barbara
** The Faculty Club (1963)
** The Santa Barbara Club (1892)
** The University Club of Santa Barbara (1923)
* The University Club of Santa Barbara
* Stockton
** The Yosemite Club (1888–2010), insolvent

### Colorado

* Colorado Springs
** The El Paso Club (1877)
* Denver
** The Cactus Club (1911)
** The Denver Athletic Club (1884)
** The Denver Club (1880–1995), Denver's oldest club, insolvent; had contained two singles and one doubles squash courts
** The Denver Petroleum Club (1948)
** The Denver Press Club (1877), the oldest existing press club in the United States
** The University Club of Denver (1891)
* The Denver Athletic Club

### Connecticut

* Greenwich
** The Field Club (1908)
* Hartford
** The Hartford Club (1873)
* The Hartford Club
* New Haven
** The Graduate Club (1892)
** Mory's Association (1849)
** The New Haven Lawn Club (1891)
** The Quinnipiack Club (1871)
* Mory's Association
* New London
** The Thames Club (1869)
* Waterbury
** The Waterbury Club (1881–2009), insolvent

### Delaware

* Wilmington
** The Wilmington Club (1855)
** The University Club of Wilmington (1924–1958), merged with the Wilmington Whist Club to become the University and Whist Club
** The University and Whist Club (1891)
* The Wilmington Club

### District of Columbia

* Washington
** The Alibi Club (1884) abandoned
** The Army and Navy Club (1885)
** The Arts Club of Washington (1916)
** The Capitol Hill Club (The National Republican Club) (1951)
** The City Tavern Club (1962–2024), insolvent
** The Cosmos Club (1878)
** The George Town Club (1966)
** The Metropolitan Club (1863)
** The 1925 F Street Club (1935–1999)
** The National Press Club (1908)
** The Racquet Club of Washington (1920–1936), merged into the University Club of Washington, D.C.
** The Sulgrave Club (1922)
** The University Club of Washington, DC (1904)
** The Washington Club (1891–2013), merged into the University Club of Washington, D.C.
* The Alibi Club
* The Army and Navy Club
* The Arts Club of Washington
* The Capitol Hill Club
* The City Tavern Club
* The Cosmos Club
* The Metropolitan Club
* The National Press Club
* The Racquet Club of Washington (1920–1936); The University Club of Washington, DC (1936–present)
* The Washington Club

### Florida

* Jacksonville
** The River Club of Jacksonville (1954)
* Miami
** The Bankers Club (1972–2014),
** The Brickell Club (1988–1995), insolvent
** The City Club (1984–1994), merged with the Miami Club to become the Miami City Club
** The Miami City Club (1994–2011), insolvent
** The Miami Club (1921–1994), merged with the City Club to become the Miami City Club
** The Standard Club of Greater Miami (1961–1990), insolvent
** The University Club of Miami(1954–1995), insolvent
* Naples
** The Collier Athletic Club (1985–2010), insolvent
* Orlando
** The University Club of Orlando (1926)
* North Palm Beach
** The City Club of the Palm Beaches (1990–2010), insolvent
* Sarasota
** The University Club of Sarasota (1969–2009), insolvent
* Surfside
** The Surf Club (1930)
* Tallahassee
** The Governor's Club (1982)
* Tampa
** The Tampa Club (1982)
** The University Club of Tampa (1946)

### Georgia

* Atlanta
** The Buckhead Club (1988)
** The Burns Club Atlanta (1896)
** The Capital City Club (1883)
** The Cherokee Town and Country Club (1956)
** The Georgian Club (1982–2020)
** The Piedmont Driving Club (1887)
** The Standard Club (1866–1983), moved to Johns Creek, Georgia, and became a country club
* The Capital City Club
* Augusta
** The Pinnacle Club (1967)
* Macon
** The City Club of Macon (1992–2008), insolvent
** The Side Porch Lounge of Stanislaus (2005)
* Savannah
** The Chatham Club (1968)
** The Oglethorpe Club (1870)
* The Oglethorpe Club

### Hawaii

* Honolulu
** The Commercial Club (1906–1963), insolvent
** The Pacific Club (1851)
** The University Club of Honolulu (1905–1930), merged into the Pacific Club
** Outrigger Canoe Club (1908)

### Idaho

* Boise
** The Arid Club (1890)

### Illinois

* Chicago
** The Arts Club of Chicago
** The Casino Club (1914)
** The Caxton Club (1895)
** The Chicago Athletic Association (1890–2007), insolvent
** The Chicago Club (1869)
** Chicago Yacht Club
** The Cliff Dwellers Club (1907)
** The Covenant Club
** Columbia Yacht Club of Chicago
** Lake Shore Athletic Club (1927–1977)
** The Metropolitan Club
** The Mid America Club
** The Quadrangle Club (1893)
** The Racquet Club of Chicago (1923)
** The Sky-Line Club
** The Tavern Club
** The Tower Club
** The Standard Club (1869–2020)
** The Union League of Chicago (1879)
** The University Club of Chicago (1887)
* The Chicago Club
* The Quadrangle Club
* The University Club of Chicago
* Decatur
** The Decatur Club (1883)
* Moline
** The Moline Commercial Club (1907–1933), insolvent
* Oakbrook Terrace
** The DuPage Club (1984)
* Peoria
** The Creve Coeur Club (1894)
* Rockford
** The University Club of Rockford (1911)
* Springfield
** The Sangamo Club (1890–2023), insolvent
* Wilmette
** The Michigan Shores Club (1904), until 1943 called the Shawnee Club

### Indiana

* Bloomington
** The University Club of Indiana University (1958)
* Evansville
** The Evansville Petroleum Club (1948–2006), insolvent
* Fort Wayne
** The Summit Club (c.1967–2008), insolvent
* Indianapolis
** The Antelope Club (1947)
** The Columbia Club (1889)
** The Indianapolis Athletic Club (1920–2004), insolvent
** The Indianapolis Press Club (1934–2004), insolvent, but still operates a charitable foundation
** IUPUI University Club (1988)
** The University Club of Indianapolis (1893)
** The Marion Club (1888–1928), insolvent and sold clubhouse
* The Columbia Club
* New Albany
** The Calumet Club (1919–1932), ceased existence but held reunions up until 1975
* South Bend
** The Summit Club (1967–2012), insolvent

### Iowa

* Davenport
** The Davenport Club (1945–1993), insolvent
** The Outing Club (1891)
* The Outing Club
* Des Moines
** The Des Moines Club (1909–2002), merged with the Embassy Club to become the Des Moines Embassy Club
** The Des Moines Embassy Club (1909), formed in 2002 from the merger of the Embassy Club and Des Moines Club
** The Embassy Club (1946–2002), merged with the Des Moines Club to become the Des Moines Embassy Club
* Iowa City
** The University Club of Iowa City (1917–2018)

### Kansas

* Hutchinson
** The Hutchinson Town Club (1947)
* Kansas City
** The Kansas City Athletic Club (1887)
* Topeka
** The Top of the Tower Club (1968)
* Wichita
** The Petroleum Club of Wichita (1949)
** The Wichita Club (1889–1996), merged into the Petroleum Club of Wichita

### Kentucky

* Covington
** The Metropolitan Club (1991)
* Lexington
** The Club at Spindletop Hall (1965)
** The Lexington Club (1860)
* Louisville
** The Pendennis Club (1881)
** The University Club of Louisville (1991)
** The Louisville Thoroughbred Society (2018)
* The Pendennis Club
* Owensboro
** The Campbell Club (1959) – Permanently closed on December 21, 2018
* The Campbell Club

### Louisiana

* Baton Rouge
** The Camelot Club (1967–2016) The Camelot Club is now defunct.
** The City Club (1957)
* The City Club of Baton Rouge
* Lafayette
** The Petroleum Club of Lafayette (1953)
* Lake Charles
** The Pioneer Club (1948)
* Monroe
** The Lotus Club (1920)
* Morgan City
** The Petroleum Club of Morgan City (1966)
* New Orleans
** The Boston Club (1841), oldest in the South.
** The Elkin Club (1832–1838), vicinity of Bayou St. John
** Louisiana Debating and Literary Association (1877)
** Le Moyne de Bienville Club (1964)
** The New Orleans Athletic Club (1872)
** The Pelican Club (1843–1865) closed during the Civil War
** The Pickwick Club (1857)
** The Orleans Club (1851–1858), some members later formed The Pickwick Club
** The Round Table Club (1898)
** The Stratford Club (1897)
** The Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club (1909)
* The Boston Club
* The Chess, Checkers, & Whist Club (1883–1932)
* The Harmony Club (1896–1930)
* Shreveport
** The Cambridge Club (1982–2009), insolvent
** The Petroleum Club of Shreveport (1948)
** The Shreveport Club (1946)
** The University Club of Shreveport (1979–2011), insolvent

### Maine

* Bangor
** The Tarratine Club (1884–1991)
* Portland
** The Cumberland Club (1877)
** The Portland Club (1886)
** The Woodfords Club (1913)
* The Cumberland Club
* The Portland Club

### Maryland

* Annapolis
** The Annapolitan Club
* Baltimore
** The Center Club (1962)
** The Engineers Club (1905)
** The Johns Hopkins Club (1899)
** The Maryland Club (1857)
** The 14 West Hamilton Street Club (1925)
** The Hamilton Street Club
** The Mt. Vernon Club
** The Woman's Club of Roland Park
* The Johns Hopkins Club
* South River
** The South River Club (c.1690); oldest existing gentlemen's club in North America
* The South River Club

### Massachusetts

* Amherst
** The University of Massachusetts University Club (1935)
* Andover
** The Lanam Club (1957)
* The Lanam Club
* Boston
** The Algonquin Club (1885)
** The Anthology Club (1804–1811), which founded the Boston Athenæum
** The Boston Athletic Association (1887–1936), lost clubhouse amidst the Great Depression, continues to exist as a society organizing races, including the Boston Marathon
** The Boston City Club (1906)
** The Badminton & Tennis Club (1908)
** The Boston College Club (1913)
** The Club of Odd Volumes (1887)
** The Harvard Club of Boston (1908)
** The Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association (1795–1959), lost clubhouse and moved to Quincy, Massachusetts, where it became a charity fund
** The St. Botolph Club (1880)
** The Somerset Club (1852)
** The Tavern Club (1884)
** The Tennis and Racquet Club (1902)
** The Union Boat Club (1851)
** The Union Club of Boston (1863)
** The University Club of Boston (1891)
** The Wardroom Club of Boston (1899), Founded in 1899 as a direct result of the Spanish–American War, is based in the old Charlestown Navy Yard
* The Algonquin Club
* The Club of Odd Volumes
* The Harvard Club of Boston
* The Somerset Club
* The Tavern Club
* The Tennis and Racquet Club
* The Union Boat Club
* The Union Club of Boston
* The Boston City Club
* Cambridge
** The Harvard Faculty Club (1920)
* Fall River
** The Quequechan Club (1861)
* The Quequechan Club
* Fitchburg
** The Fay Club (1910)
* The Fay Club
* Lenox
** The Lenox Club (1864)
* Lowell
** The Yorick Club (1882–1979), insolvent
* The Yorick Club (1901–1979)
* New Bedford
** The Wamsutta Club (1866)
* Newburyport
** The Dalton Club (1898)
* Plymouth
** The Old Colony Club (1769), third oldest existing gentlemen's club in the United States (behind the South River Club and the Schuylkill Fishing Company)
* Quincy
** The Neighborhood Club (1916)
* Springfield
** The Colony Club (1915–2018)
* Worcester
** The Worcester Club (1888)
* The Worcester Club

### Michigan

* Calumet
** The Miscowaubik Club (1903)
* The Miscowaubik Club
* Detroit
** The Book Club of Detroit (1957)
** The Detroit Athletic Club (1887)
** The Detroit Club (1882)
** The Detroit Racquet Club (1902)
** The Harmonie Club (1849–1974), insolvent
** The Players (1910)
** The Yondotega Club (1892)
* The Detroit Athletic Club
* The Detroit Club
* The Harmonie Club (1893–1974)
* The Players
* East Lansing
** The University Club of Michigan State University (1962)
* Grand Rapids
** The Peninsular Club (1881–2008), insolvent
** The Press Club (1953–2004), merged into the University Club of Grand Rapids
** The University Club of Grand Rapids (1923)
* Iron Mountain
** The Chippewa Club (1945)
* Kalamazoo
** The Beacon Club (1947)
** The Park Club of Kalamazoo(1904)
* Saginaw
** The Saginaw Club (1889)
* Tecumseh
** The Tecumseh Club (1863)

### Minnesota

* Bloomington
** The Decathlon Club (1968–2000), was damaged in fire and did not reopen
* Duluth
** Kitchi Gammi Club (1883)
* The Kitchi Gammi Club
* Minneapolis
** The Campus Club (1911)
** The Minneapolis Athletic Club (1915–1998), insolvent
** The Minneapolis Club (1883)
* Saint Paul
** The Minnesota Club (1910–2000), insolvent
** The St. Paul Athletic Club (1917–1991), insolvent
** The University Club of Saint Paul (1912)
* The now-defunct St. Paul Athletic Club

### Mississippi

* Gulfport
** The Great Southern Club (1988)
* Jackson
** The Capital Club (1947)

### Missouri

* Clayton
** The Saint Louis Club (1961)
** The University Club of St. Louis (1872–2007), insolvent
** The Whittemore House Club (1969)
* The Whittemore House Club
* Columbia
** The University Club of Missouri University (1895)
* Kansas City
** The Kansas City Athletic Club (1887–1997), moved to Kansas City, Kansas
** The Kansas City Club (1882–2015), moved and merged into the University Club at the latter's premises; the merged club adopted the Kansas City Club name (2001); insolvent (2015)
** The Progress Club (1881–1928), moved and became the Oakwood Country Club
** The River Club (1948)
** The University Club of Kansas City (1901–2001), remaining at the same premises, merged with, and adopted the name of, the Kansas City Club
* The Kansas City Athletic Club (1923–1997)
* The Kansas City Club (1888–1922)
* The Kansas City Club (1922–2001)
* The University Club of Kansas City (1920–2001); the Kansas City Club (2001–2015)
* The Progress Club (1893–1928)
* The River Club
* Springfield
** The Tower Club (1987–2017), closed in early 2017 and reopened as a public venue
* St. Joseph
** The Benton Club (1887)
* The Benton Club
* St. Louis
** The Missouri Athletic Club (1903), which awards the Hermann Trophy
** The Noonday Club (1893–2008), merged into the Missouri Athletic Club
** The Racquet Club of St. Louis (1906), which funded Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis
** The St. Louis Club (1886–1925), was damaged in fire and did not reopen
** The University Club of St. Louis (1872–1974), moved to Clayton, Missouri
* The Missouri Athletic Club
* The Racquet Club of St. Louis
* The St. Louis Club (1899–1925)
* The University Club of St. Louis (1917–1974)

### Montana

* Billings
** The Billings Petroleum Club (1954)
* Butte
** The Silver Bow Club (1906–1930), insolvent
* Helena
** Montana Club (1885) Its 1905 new building was designed by noted architect Cass Gilbert with attention to style of traditional London gentlemen's clubs. NRHP-listed within Helena Historic District. Its floor design includes white swastikas.
* Miles City
** The Miles City Club (1884)

### Nebraska

* Omaha
** The Omaha Press Club (1955)

### New Hampshire

* Portsmouth
** The One Hundred Club (2003)
** The Warwick Club (1892)

### New Jersey

* Florham Park
** The Park Avenue Club (1894)
* Montclair
** The Commonwealth Club (1904)
* Morristown
** The Morristown Club (1884)
* New Brunswick
** The Rutgers Club (1957)
* Ocean City
** The Riverboat Club (1964–2017), closed due to expensive fire code violations
* Princeton
** The Nassau Club (1889)
** The Prospect House Club (1968)
* The Nassau Club
* The Prospect House Club
* Trenton
** The Trenton Club (1884–2013), insolvent

### New Mexico

* Albuquerque
** The Albuquerque Petroleum Club (1956–2007), insolvent
** The Albuquerque Press Club (1965)

### New York

* Albany
** The Fort Orange Club (1880)
* Binghamton
** The Binghamton Club (1880)
* Buffalo
** The Buffalo Club (1867)
** The Saturn Club (1885)
* The Saturn Club
* The Buffalo Club
* Elmira
** The Elmira City Club (1889)
* Jamestown
** The Jamestown Town Club (1929)
* New York City
** Clubs affiliated with university alumni groups:
*** The Cornell Club of New York (1889)
*** The Harvard Club of New York City (1887)
*** The Penn Club of New York City (1901) and clubs in-residence
**** Columbia University Club of New York (lost clubhouse in 1973)
**** NYU Club (lost clubhouse in 1989)
**** The Williams Club (lost clubhouse in 2010)
*** The Yale Club of New York City (1897), the largest private club in the world, which awarded the Heisman Trophy in 2002 and 2003
** The Brook (1903)
** The Century Association (1847)
** The Coffee House Club (1914)
** The Chemists' Club (1898–1970), lost clubhouse, continues to exist as an "inner club" of the Penn Club of New York City
** The Collectors Club of New York (1896)
** The Down Town Association (1859)
** The Explorers Club (1904)
** The Grolier Club (1884)
** The Harmonie Club (1852)
** The Knickerbocker Club (1871)
** The Leash (1925)
** The Links (1921)
** The Lotos Club (1870)
** The Metropolitan Club (1891)
** The Montauk Club (1891) Brooklyn
** The National Arts Club (1898)
** The New York Athletic Club (1868)
** The New York Yacht Club (1844)
** The Nippon Club (1905)
** The Norwood Club (2007)
** The Players (1888)
** The Racquet and Tennis Club (1876)
** The River Club of New York (1929)
** The Salmagundi Club (1871)
** The Spanish Benevolent Society (1868)
** The Squadron A Association (1884–1941), lost clubhouse, continues to exist as an "inner club" of the Women's National Republican Club
** The Union Club (1836), second oldest existing gentlemen's city club in the United States behind The Philadelphia Club
** The Union League Club of New York (1863)
** The University Club of New York (1865)
* The Century Association
* The Collectors Club of New York
* The Cornell Club of New York
* The Down Town Association
* The Engineers' Club Building (1907–1979)
* The Grolier Club (1890–1937)
* The Harmonie Club
* The Harvard Club of New York City
* The Knickerbocker Club
* The Lotos Club
* The Metropolitan Club
* The Montauk Club
* The National Arts Club
* The New York Athletic Club
* The New York Yacht Club
* The Penn Club of New York City
* The Players
* The Racquet and Tennis Club
* The Salmagundi Club
* The Squadron A Association (1895–1941)
* The Union Club of the City of New York
* The Union League Club of New York
* The University Club of New York
* The Yale Club of New York City
* Rochester
** The Genesee Valley Club (1885)
** The University Club of Rochester (1909–1999), insolvent
* The Genesee Valley Club
* The University Club of Rochester (1929–1999)
* Schenectady
** The Mohawk Club (1885)
* Syracuse
** The Century Club of Syracuse (1876)
** The Pastime Athletic Club (1892)
* Utica
** The City Club of Utica (1888–1975), insolvent
** The Fort Schuyler Club (1883)
* The Fort Schuyler Club

### North Carolina

* Charlotte
** The Charlotte Athletic Club (1968–1991), merged into the Tower Club
** The Charlotte City Club (1947)
** The Tower Club (1984–2004), merged into the Charlotte City Club
* Durham
** The University Club of North Carolina (1987)
* Gastonia
** The City Club of Gastonia (1985–2012), insolvent
* Greensboro
** The Greensboro City Club (1971–2005), insolvent
* Hickory
** The Hickory Sportsman's Club (1985–2019), insolvent
* High Point
** The String and Splinter Club (1957)
* Raleigh
** The Capital City Club (1979–2009), merged with the Cardinal Club to become the Downtown Clubs of Raleigh
** The Cardinal Club (1979–2009), merged with the Capital City Club to become the Downtown Clubs of Raleigh
** The Downtown Clubs of Raleigh (1979)
* Wilmington
** The Cape Fear Club (1866)
** The City Club at de Rosset (1998)
* Winston-Salem
** The Piedmont Club (1986–2017), insolvent
** The Twin City Club (1885–2010), insolvent

### Ohio

* Akron
** The Akron City Club (1915–2003), insolvent
* Cincinnati
** The Bankers Club (1946–2009), insolvent
** The Business Men's Club (1896–1924), merged into the Cincinnati Club
** The Cincinnati Athletic Club (1853)
** The Cincinnati Club (1889–1983), insolvent
** The Cincinnati Faculty Club (1968)
** The Cincinnati Women's Club (1894)
** The Cuvier Press Club (1911–1973), insolvent
** The Literary Club of Cincinnati (1849)
** Miami Boat Club (1897)
** The Phoenix Club (1859–1911), merged into the Business Men's Club
** Stumps (1900)
** The Queen City Club (1874)
** The University Club of Cincinnati (1879)
* The Cincinnati Athletic Club
* The Cincinnati Club (1911–1983)
* The Literary Club of Cincinnati
* The Phoenix Club (1893–1911)
* Cleveland
** The Cleveland Athletic Club (1908–2007), insolvent
** The Cleveland Club (1872–1939), insolvent amidst the Great Depression
** The Hermit Club (1904)
** The Rowfant Club (1892)
** The Shoreby Club (1993)
** The Tavern Club (1892)
** The Union Club (1872)
** The University Club of Cleveland (1898–2002), insolvent
* The Cleveland Athletic Club (1911–2007)
* The Rowfant Club
* The Tavern Club
* The Union Club
* Columbus
** The Athletic Club of Columbus (1916)
** Aubergine Private Dining Club (1990)
** Columbus Club (1886)
** The Ohio State University Faculty Club (1939)
* The Athletic Club of Columbus
* The Columbus Club
* Dayton
** The Engineers Club of Dayton (1914)
* The Engineers Club of Dayton
* Massillon
** The Massillon Club (1917–2011), insolvent
* Toledo
** The Toledo Club (1889)
* The Toledo Club
* Youngstown
** The Youngstown Club (1902–2012), insolvent

### Oklahoma

* Edmond
** The Petroleum Club of Oklahoma City (1956)
* Norman
** The University Club of the University of Oklahoma (1925)
* Oklahoma City
** The Beacon Club (1942–2017), insolvent
** The Petroleum Club of Oklahoma City (1956)
* Tulsa
** The Summit (1967)
** The Tulsa Petroleum Club (1950–2011), insolvent
** The Tulsa Press Club (1906)
** Tulsa Club Hotel (1927), originally the Tulsa Club

### Oregon

* Eugene
** The Town Club (1950–2007), insolvent
* Portland
** The Arlington Club (1867)
** The Founders Club (1984)
** The Multnomah Athletic Club (1891)
** The University Club of Portland (1898)
** The St Johns Bachelor Club (1909)
* The Arlington Club
* The University Club of Portland

### Pennsylvania

* Andalusia
** The Schuylkill Fishing Company (1732), second-oldest existing gentlemen's club in North America (behind the South River Club)
* Bethlehem
** The University Club of Bethlehem (1911)
* The University Club of Bethlehem
* Catasauqua
** The Catasauqua Club (1897)
* Easton
** The Pomfret Club (1882)
* Erie
** The Erie Club (1882)
* The Erie Club
* Harrisburg
** The Tuesday Club (1962–2002), insolvent Replaced by the Hill Society.
* Lancaster
** The Hamilton Club (1889)
* Philadelphia
** The Engineers Club of Philadelphia (1877–1990), lost clubhouse, continues to exist as an "inner club" of the Racquet Club of Philadelphia
** The Franklin Inn Club (1902)
** The Mask and Wig Club (1889)
** The Pen & Pencil Club (1892)
** The Penn Club of Philadelphia (1875)
** The Philadelphia Club (1834), fourth oldest existing gentlemen's club in the United States (behind the South River Club, the Schuylkill Fishing Company, and the Old Colony Club)
** The Racquet Club of Philadelphia (1889)
** The Rittenhouse Club (1883–1991), lost clubhouse, continues to exist as an "inner club" of the Acorn Club, a women's club
** The Union League of Philadelphia (1862)
** The University Club at Penn (1898), previously called the Lenape Club
* The Mask and Wig Club
* The Philadelphia Club
* The Poor Richard Club (1925–1979)
* The Princeton Club (1910–1975)
* The Racquet Club of Philadelphia
* The Union League of Philadelphia
* Pittsburgh
** The Allegheny Harvard-Yale-Princeton Club (1930)
** The Concordia Club (1874–2009), insolvent
** The Duquesne Club (1873)
** The Pittsburgh Athletic Association (1908)
** The Union Club of Pittsburgh (1903)
** The University Club of Pittsburgh (1923)
* The Allegheny HYP Club
* The Concordia Club (1913–2009)
* The Duquesne Club
* The Pittsburgh Athletic Association
* The University Club of Pittsburgh
* Pottsville
** The Pottsville Club (1888–2013), insolvent
* Scranton
** The Scranton Club (1895–2010), insolvent
* State College
** The University Club of State College (1908)
* The University Club of State College
* Wilkes-Barre
** The Westmoreland Club (1873)
* Wilkinsburg
** The Pennwood Club (1904–1916)
* Williamsport
** The Ross Club (1890). 'To the best of my knowledge the Ross Club is now defunct. The building was acquired by the First Community Foundation of PA'
* York
** The Lafayette Club (1898–2012), insolvent

### Rhode Island

* East Providence
** The Squantum Association (1870)
* The Squantum Association
* Newport
** The Clambake Club of Newport (1895)
** The New York Yacht Club (1844) (summer station)
** The Newport Reading Room (1854)
* The Newport Reading Room
* Pawtucket
** The To Kalon Club (1867–2010), insolvent
* Providence
** The Hope Club (1875)
** The Turk's Head Club (defunct)
** The University Club of Providence (1899)

### South Carolina

* Aiken
** The Aiken Tennis Club (1898)
** The Green Boundary Club (1956)
* Camden
** The Springdale Hall Club (1950)
* Charleston
** The Charleston Club (1852)
* Columbia
** The Palmetto Club (1956)
** The Summit Club (1972–2010), merged into the Palmetto Club
* Greenville
** The Poinsett Club (1935)
* Hilton Head
** Yacht Club of Hilton Head Island (1971)
* Rock Hill
** The City Club of Rock Hill (1998)
* Spartanburg
** The Piedmont Club (1941)

### Tennessee

* Chattanooga
** The Mountain City Club (1889)
** The Walden Club (1975)
* Knoxville
** The Claus Von Bulow Club (1984–86)
** The Bourbon Club (2019–present)
* Memphis
** The Racquet Club of Memphis (1957)
** The Rex Club (1861–1942), moved and became the Ridgeway Country Club
** The Summit Club (1972–2003), insolvent
** The Tennessee Club (1875–1987), insolvent
** The University Club of Memphis (1907)
* Nashville
** The Nashville City Club (1957)
** The University Club of Nashville (1962–2018)

### Texas

* Abilene
** The Petroleum Club of Abilene (1950–2000), insolvent
* Amarillo
** The Amarillo Club (1947)
* Austin
** The Austin Club (1949)
** The Campus Club (1972)
** The University Club
** The Headliner's Club of Austin (1945)
* The Austin Club
* Beaumont
** The Beaumont Club (1921)
* Corpus Christi
** The Corpus Christi Town Club (1952–2015), declared bankruptcy and closed.
* Dallas
** The City Club (1918)
** The Dallas Petroleum Club (1934)
** The Faculty Club of Southern Methodist University (1921)
** The Park City Club (1984)
** Salesmanship Club of Dallas (1920)
* El Paso
** The El Paso Club (1963)
* Fort Worth
** The City Club of Fort Worth (1984)
** The Fort Worth Club (1885), named the Commercial Club until 1906
** The Petroleum Club of Fort Worth (1953)
* The Fort Worth Club
* Houston
** The Briar Club (1949)
** The Coronado Club (1956)
** The Houston Club (1894)
** The Petroleum Club of Houston (1946)
* The Houston Club
* Longview
** The Summit Club (1980)
* Lubbock
** The Lubbock Club (1951–2010), insolvent
* Midland
** The Petroleum Club of Midland (1947)
* San Antonio
** The Argyle Club (1955)
** Club Giraud (1983)
** The Petroleum Club of San Antonio (1980)
** The San Antonio Club (1945–2005), insolvent
** The St. Anthony Club (1956–1993), insolvent
* Wichita Falls
** The Wichita Club (1918–2010), insolvent

### Utah

* Salt Lake City
** The Alta Club (1883)
** The University Club of Salt Lake City (1904–1993), insolvent
* The Alta Club

### Virginia

* Charlottesville
** Red-land Club (1905)
** The Colonnade Club (1907)
* Norfolk
** The Harbor Club (1968–2007), insolvent
** The Virginia Club (1873)
* Richmond
** The 2300 Club (1964–2017)
** The Bull and Bear Club (1966–2015)
** The Commonwealth Club (1890)
** The Downtown Club (1953–2006), insolvent
* The Commonwealth Club
* Roanoke
** The Shenandoah Club (1893) is the oldest, continuously operating private club in Virginia.
* Virginia Beach
** The Town Center City Club (2003)
* Warrenton
** The Fauquier Club (1902)

### Washington

* Bellevue
** The Harbor Club (1959)
** The Bellevue Club (1979)
* Seattle
** The Arctic Club (1908–1971), insolvent
** The College Club of Seattle (1910)
** The Harbor Club (1959–2015)
** The Rainier Club (1888)
** The University Club of Seattle (1900)
** The University of Washington Club (1913)
** The Washington Athletic Club (1930)
* The Arctic Club (1916–1971)
* The College Club of Seattle (1954–2013)
* The College Club of Seattle (2013–present)
* The Rainier Club
* The University Club of Seattle
* The Washington Athletic Club
* Spokane
** The Spokane Club (1890)
* The Spokane Club

### Wisconsin

* La Crosse
** The La Crosse Club (1882)
* Madison
** The Madison Club (1909)
** The University Club of the University of Wisconsin (1906)
* The Madison Club
* Milwaukee
** The Milwaukee Athletic Club (1882)
** The Milwaukee Club (1882)
** The University Club of Milwaukee (1898)
** The Wisconsin Club (formerly the Deutscher Club) (1891)
* The Milwaukee Athletic Club
* The Milwaukee Club
* The Wisconsin Club
* Racine
** The Somerset Club (1892)
* Wausau
** The Wausau Club (1901–2004), insolvent
* The Wausau Club (1902–2004)

## Closed clubs
### Alabama

* Birmingham
** The Birmingham Athletic Club (1886–1926)
** The Birmingham Athletic Club (1999–2009)
** The Southern Club (1883–1931)
* Mobile
** The Bienville Club (1967–2013)
** The International Trade Club (1966–2009)

### Arizona

* Phoenix
** The Arizona Club (1894–2009)

### Arkansas

* Little Rock
** The Little Rock Club (1969–2020)

### California

* Fresno
** The Downtown Club (1963–2013)
* Los Angeles
** The Regency Club (1981–2011)
** The University Club of Los Angeles (1898–1992)

### Nebraska

* Lincoln
** The Nebraska Club (1954–2020)
** The University Club of Lincoln (1923–1999), members joined Nebraska Club

### New Jersey

* Newark
** The 744 Club (1958–1991)
** The Downtown Club (1914–1983)
** The Essex Club (1876–1992)
** The Newark Athletic Club (1850–1965)

### New York

* Albany
** The University Club of Albany (1901–2022)
* Buffalo
** The University Club of Buffalo (1894–1980)
* New York City
** The Downtown Athletic Club (1926–2002), founded the Heisman Trophy and awarded it each year until closure
** The Engineers' Club (1888–1979)
** The Friars' Club (1904–2024)
** The India House Club (1914–2020)
** The Princeton Club of New York (1866–2021)
** The Soldiers', Sailors', Marines', Coast Guard and Airmen's Club (1919–2018)
** The Whitehall Club (1908–1992)
Poughkeespie
* The Amrita Club (1873–1980)

### Pennsylvania

* Bethlehem
** The Bethlehem Club (1909–2007)
* Philadelphia
** The Down Town Club (1897–1995), reopened as public event space
** The Locust Club (1926–1999)
** The Midday Club (1929–1978)
** The Poor Richard Club (1925–1980)
** The Princeton Club (1868–1979)
** The Vesper Club (1901–2012), lost clubhouse but briefly continued to exist as an "inner club" of the Racquet Club of Philadelphia, but then was evicted from Racquet Club when refused to obey a new, clubwide smoking ban

### Vermont

* Burlington
** The Ethan Allen Club (1857–2010)

### Wyoming

* Casper
** The Casper Petroleum Club (1949–2016)