Francisca Club

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The Francisca Club is a women's only private social club in San Francisco, California. It is apparently the oldest private women's club surviving in San Francisco[1] and has been in its clubhouse since the 1920s.[2] It had typically had a membership of around 500;[2] however, recently this has declined to closer to 400.[1]

Two other women's clubs in San Francisco were the , whose 640 Sutter St. building was built in 1914, and the , whose Sutter Street building was built in 1927.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Bowles, Nellie (11 September 2011). "S.F. women's clubs aging, rolls declining". SF Gate. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b Lyons, Louis; Wilson, Josephine (1922). Who's who Among the Women of California. Security publishing Company.
  3. ^ See Women's Athletic Club of Alameda County's NRHP nomination document for some information on these.
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