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The Club voted to admit women for the first time in its history in 1980. A health-and-fitness center was added in 1994, and the club was ranked as #1 City Club in America in 1997, an honor that would be repeated in 2001, 2003, and 2006.
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As of 2007, membership at the Duquesne Club consisted of about 2,700 men and women. Though the Club does not discriminate in its selection of members, membership is by invitation from an existing member only.
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The Duquesne Club was founded in 1873. Its first president was John H. Ricketson. The club's present home, a
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that included a garden patio, barbershop, and new kitchens was constructed in 1931. The building achieved
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on Sixth Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh, was opened in 1890; an addition designed by
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Action News' Sally Wiggin Goes Inside Duquesne Club's Kitchen - YouTube
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owned an apartment in the club and died there in 1915.
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Among notable guests to the club are U.S. Presidents
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The logo of the Duquesne Club
www.duquesne.org
Pittsburgh Landmark – PHLF
private social club
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Romanesque
Longfellow, Alden & Harlow
Janssen & Cocken
landmark
Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation
National Register of Historic Places
Ulysses S. Grant
Herbert Hoover
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Colin Powell
Edward Gierek
Gene Simmons
Charles III
Prince of Wales
Benazir Bhutto
Philip M. Shannon
List of American gentlemen's clubs
Economic Club of Pittsburgh
Allegheny HYP Club
Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009

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