Metropolitan Club
- Architect
- Walter Danforth Bliss
- Year
- 1917
- Style
- Renaissance Revival
- City
- San Francisco, CA
The Metropolitan Club's clubhouse, listed on the National Register as the Woman's Athletic Club of San Francisco, was built in phases in 1917 and 1923 in the Renaissance Revival style by architect Walter Danforth Bliss. Founded in 1915 as the first women's athletic club west of the Mississippi, it sits in Union Square, three blocks south of the Pacific-Union Club.
the building
Kakemono Lounge. In 1938 the club opened the Kakemono Lounge, a cocktail lounge decorated with Japanese influences; it was converted into a library in 1953.
the style
Renaissance Revival lent the clubhouse a formal, palazzo-like dignity to match its gentlemen's club counterparts nearby.
More on Renaissance Revivalsignificance
The clubhouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1945 the club hosted wives of delegates during the founding of the United Nations, and in 1966 the membership renamed it the Metropolitan Club to reflect a broader mission beyond athletics.
nearby
- Toni Rembe Theater
- 450 Sutter Street
- James Flood Mansion
- Alcazar Theatre
- Grace Cathedral
- Fairmont San Francisco