History, Page 2

The Club's first headquarters was in a loft at 38 West 39th Street, and when it moved in 1924 to 8 East 37th Street, President and Mrs. Coolidge formally opened the new facility.

The present building was planned in the early 1930's designed by noted architect, Frederick Rhinelander King, and built at 3 West 51st Street on the site of the former home of Andrew Carnegie. The cornerstone was laid amid much fanfare and press attention on May 22, 1933, and the new clubhouse was formally opened on March 26, 1934, at ceremonies attended by national, state and local Republican dignitaries.

Reporters wrote that the clubhouse was "victor alike over economic slump and political set back" and described the "splendid marble stairway." "the imposing entrance floor," and "the private dining room furnished in the Colonial style with fine mahogany highboys." One New York newspaper said, "The building has been planned as a working headquarters for politically minded women with facilities for mass meetings, speechmaking, schools of party politics and for the comfortable informal discussion that solidifies opinion."

President Coolidge took an active interest in the Club, and Mrs. Coolidge personally dedicated the handsome fourth floor library to her husband's memory. It remains the Calvin Coolidge Library today.