This article is about the private club in Washington, D.C.. For other uses, see
Metropolitan Club .
Private social club in Washington, D.C.
TheMetropolitan Club of the City of Washington is a private club inWashington, D.C. In September 1983,The New York Times [ 2]
The entrance to the Metropolitan Club On October 1, 1863, sixU.S. Treasury Department officials met to discuss the creation of a social and literary club inWashington, D.C. [ 3] [ 3] [ 2]
On June 25, 1883, the club acquired a lot on the corner of H Street and 17th Streets for $10.[ 3] [ 3] Harvey L. Page , theVictorian -style, four-story building was destroyed in a fire in 1904.[ 3] [ 3]
The club's current home, designed by the architectural firm ofHeins & LaFarge of New York City, was built from 1904 to 1908.[ 4] [ 3]
The brick and limestoneRenaissance revival -styble building was rebuilt on the 1700 H StreetNW lot, two blocks from theWhite House .[ 2] [ 3] Frederick H. Brooke of Donn and Deming was added.[ 3]
Inside the five-story building, there is a lobby, coat room, card room, a library with 15,000 books, a grill room, a lounge, a dining room, sleeping quarters, and a barbershop.[ 3] [ 2] [ 2] [ 3] [ 3]
In 1898,Theodore Roosevelt plotted much of theSpanish–American War at the club.[ 2]
During theWatergate scandal ,Henry Kissinger regularly metNew York Times James Reston at the club.[ 5] [ 5]
The Metropolitan Club building was listed on theDistrict of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites since 1964 and it was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1995.[ 3] [ 4]
In April 2021, the club opened a new open-air rooftop venue, an $11 million project.[ 6] [ 6]
The Metropolitan Club has reciprocal agreements with the following:
Members are essentially scions of the East Coast American aristocracy, mainly theFirst Families of Virginia , theBoston Brahmins , theOld Philadelphians , and the Knickerbocker families of New York.[ 9] [ 10]
For the first century of its existence, the club was closed to non-white people as members.[ 2] Robert F. Kennedy .[ 2] John T. Walker .[ 2] [ 11]
In 1983, there was a five-year waiting list for membership.[ 3]
Dean Acheson , 51stU.S. Secretary of State [ 2] Robert J. Atkinson , politician[ 3] George Bancroft , historian and 17thU.S. Secretary of the Navy Edward Fitzgerald Beale , ambassador, explorer, and surveyorFrancis Biddle , attorney general andNuremberg trials judgeMontgomery Blair , politician, lawyer, andU.S. Postmaster General Rupert Blue , fourthU.S. Surgeon General Phillip Bonsal ,U.S. ambassador to Cuba [ 2] Stephen Bonsal , journalist and diplomat[ 2] Arnaud de Borchgrave , journalistDavid K.E. Bruce , diplomatEdward Burling , attorney[ 2] John Lee Carroll , governor of MarylandSalmon P. Chase , treasury secretary and chief justiceLucius Eugene Chittenden , register of the treasury[ 3] Spencer M. Clark , superintendent of the National Currency Bureau[ 3] William T. Coleman , transportation secretaryWilliam Wilson Corcoran , banker and art collectorViscomte Henri de Sibour , architectGeorge Dewey , admiral of the Navy[ 2] T. Coleman du Pont , U.S. SenatorAllen Dulles ,CIA directorWilliam Crowninshield Endicott ,Secretary of War Rowland Evans , journalist[ 2] James V. Forrestal , defense secretaryB. B. French , politician[ 3] Hugh S. Gibson , diplomatGeorge H. Goodrich , judge[ 12] James Lorimer Graham Jr. , attorneyKatharine Graham , publisherUlysses S. Grant , 18thPresident of the United States andUnion Army general[ 2] Cary T. Grayson , physicianJoseph C. Grew , ambassadorWarren G. Harding , president[ 2] John Hay , secretary of state[ 2] James L. Holloway III , admiralHerbert Hoover , president[ 2] Hallett Johnson , ambassadorReverdy Johnson , politician[ 3] William Hemphill Jones , politician[ 3] Edward Jordan , solicitor of the treasuryJohn F. Kennedy , presidentJerome H. Kidder , surgeon and astronomerHenry Kissinger , diplomat and statesman[ 2] Philander Chase Knox , secretary of stateWard H. Lamon , marshal of Washington[ 3] William Henry Fitzhugh Lee , congressmanJoseph J. Lewis , IRS commissioner[ 3] Robert Todd Lincoln , ambassador and secretary of war[ 2] Walter Lippman , journalist[ 2] Henry Cabot Lodge , statesman[ 2] Nicholas Longworth III, speaker of the HouseHenry Loomis , director of Voice of America and president of the Corp. for Public BroadcastingArthur MacArthur Jr. , generalAlfred Thayer Mahan , historian and naval theoristGeorge C. Marshall , secretary of stateJohn J. McCloy , chairman of the World BankRobert McNamara , defense secretary, president of theWorld Bank Andrew Mellon , Treasury Secretary and philanthropistPaul Mellon , horse breeder and philanthropist[ 2] Livingston T. Merchant , ambassadorNelson Appleton Miles , generalJ. P. Morgan , financierHenry Morgenthau Jr. , treasury secretary[ 2] Francis G. Newlands , senatorKichisaburo Nomura , Japanese ambassadorEdwin B. Parker (1868–1929), head, priorities division, War Industries Board[ 13] John J. Pershing ,General of the Armies John E. Pillsbury , rear admiralDavid Dixon Porter , admiralJames "Scotty" Reston , journalist[ 2] George Washington Riggs , bankerFranklin D. Roosevelt , president[ 2] Theodore Roosevelt , president[ 2] Elihu Root , secretary of state[ 2] John McAllister Schofield , secretary of warAlexander Shepherd , governor of Washington, D.C.[ 3] John Sherman , senatorWilliam Tecumseh Sherman , generalJohn G. Stephenson , librarian of Congress[ 3] William Howard Taft , president and chief justice[ 2] Richard Wallach , mayor of Washington, D.C.[ 3] John T. Walker , bishopJames M. Wayne , supreme court justice[ 3] George Washington Vanderbilt II , art collectorJames W. Wadsworth , senatorWilliam B. Webb , politician, chief of police in Washington D.C.[ 3] George Peabody Wetmore , governor of Rhode IslandHenry White , ambassador, and one of the signers of theTreaty of Versailles [ 14] John Lorimer Worden , rear admiral^ "National Register Information System" .National Register of Historic Places National Park Service . March 13, 2009.^a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Gamarekian, Barbara (September 10, 1983)."Enduring Bastion of Exclusivity for 'Gentlemen' .The New York Times .ISSN 0362-4331 . RetrievedMay 27, 2021 . ^a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Eve Lydia Barsoum (March 12, 1995).Metropolitan Club Historic Landmark Application (PDF) (Report). National Park Service. p. 7. RetrievedFebruary 22, 2016 . ^a b "District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites" . DC Preservation. Archived fromthe original on July 1, 2011. RetrievedDecember 19, 2011 .^a b Mccarthy, Aoife (December 4, 2007)."Clubbing with the elite" .Politico . RetrievedMarch 5, 2019 . ^a b Barks, Joe (December 3, 2021)."The Road Ahead: Up on the Roof at The Metropolitan Club of The City of Washington" .Club + Resort Business . RetrievedJune 13, 2022 . ^ "A short walking route in DC Trail – Washington, District of Columbia, USA | Pacer" .www.mypacer.com . RetrievedOctober 16, 2022 .^ "Cercle Royal du Parc Reciprocities" .^ Doob, Christopher (August 27, 2015).Social Inequality and Social Stratification in U.S. Society ISBN 9781317344216 ^ E. Digby Baltzell (August 27, 2015).Philadelphia Gentlemen: The Making of a National Upper Class ISBN 9781412830751 ^ Pressley, Sue Anne (June 26, 1988)."Metropolitan Club Ends Ban on Women Members" .Washington Post . RetrievedOctober 18, 2023 . ^ "George H. Goodrich Obituary" .Legacy.com . The Washington Post. September 25, 2015. RetrievedJune 13, 2022 .^ "Judge E. B. Parker, Debt Expert, Dies" .The Evening Star . October 30, 1929. p. 1. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Henry White Weds Mrs. Wm. D. Sloane; Ex-Ambassador to France Is 70 and Daughter of Late Wm. H. Vanderbilt Is 68" .The New York Times . RetrievedJuly 21, 2017 .
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