Maryland Club

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]

Maryland Club
Formation1857 (1857)
Location
Websitewww.marylandclub1857.org

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]

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. "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. ISBN 9780801854651. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  5. Gunning, Brooke; O'Donovan, Molly (2000). Baltimore's Halcyon Days. Arcadia Publishing. p. 75. ISBN 9780738506319. 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.
  11. The Maryland Club, A History of Food and Friendship in Baltimore, 1857-1997; Pg 90, Robert J. Brugger
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