Maryland Club

Maryland Club
Formation 1857 (1857)
Location
Website www.marylandclub1857.org

The Maryland Club of Baltimore is an exclusive men's club founded in 1857 in Baltimore, Maryland.[1][2] It is one of the last clubs in the United States to exclude women from membership.[3]

Civil War era

In 1861 the club supported Confederate States of America independence.[2] The club was closed by Union troops during the American Civil War and General Lew Wallace outraged local residents by turning the club building into a shelter for homeless former slaves.[4] The club re-opened after the war.[2]

Twentieth century

The club also opposed Prohibition and flouted the law through the use of private lockers.[2]

Notable members

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Historical Chronology". Maryland Manual On-line. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "History". Maryland Club.
  3. ↑ O'Mara, Richard (3 October 1993). "It's Still a Man's World at Some Clubs". Baltimore Sun.
  4. ↑ Brugger, Robert J. (1988). Maryland, A Middle Temperament: 1634-1980. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 364. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Gunning, Brooke; O'Donovan, Molly (2000). Baltimore's Halcyon Days. Arcadia Publishing. p. 75. 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.
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