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The Athenaeum Reciprocal Clubs The Athenaeum Reciprocal Clubs Each reciprocal club has its own regulations and restrictions on use by reciprocal guests. All clubs listed require a form of advance notification and identification from your home club. Reciprocal clubs may refuse to accommodate those without prior arrangement. Club with guest rooms are indicated with an asterisk (*). Some clubs have agreements with local hotels for discounted rates. UNITED STATES The Balboa Bay Club* Interlachen Country Club 1221 Coast Highway 2245 Interlachen Court Newport Beach, CA 92663 Winter Park, FL 32792 Telephone: (888) 445-7153 / (949) 645-5000 Telephone: (407) 657-0850 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.balboabayclub.com Website: www.interlachenccfl.com The Bellevue Club* Marine Memorial Club* 525 Bellevue Avenue 609 Sutter Street Oakland, CA 94610 San Francisco, CA 94102 Telephone: (510) 451-1000 Telephone: (415) 673-6672 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.bellevueclub.org Website: www.marineclub.com The George Town Club Outrigger Canoe Club 1530 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, DC 2909 Kalakaua Avenue 20007 Honolulu, HI 96815 Telephone: (202) 333-9330 Telephone: (808) 923-1585 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.georgetownclub.org Website: www.outriggercanoeclub.com National Press Club The Cosmos Club* 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC 20045 2121 Massachusetts Ave, NW Telephone: (202) 662-7500 Washington, DC 20008 Email: [email protected] Telephone: (202) 387-7783 Website: http://npc.press.org Email: [email protected] Website: www.cosmosclub.org Santa Barbara Club 1105 Chapala Street Union League Club of Chicago* Santa Barbara, CA 93101 65 West Jackson Boulevard Chicago, IL 60604 Telephone: (805) 965-6547 Telephone: (312) 427-7800 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.santabarbaraclub.org Website: www.ulcc.org The University Club of San Francisco* The Union League of Philadelphia* 800 Powell Street 140 South Broad Street San Francisco, CA 94108 Philadelphia, PA 19102 Telephone: (415) 781-0900 Telephone: (215) 587-5576 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.univclub.com Website: www.unionleague.org The Yale Club of New York City* 50 Vanderbilt Avenue University Club of Chicago* New York, NY 10017 76 East Monroe Street Telephone: (212) 716-2100 Chicago, IL 60603 Email: [email protected] Telephone: (312) 726-2840 Website: www.yaleclubnyc.org Fax: (312) 726-0620 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ucco.com Princeton Club of New York* 15 West 43rd Street New York, NY 10036 University Club of Portland Telephone: (212) 596-1200 1225 SW 6th Avenue Email: [email protected] Portland, OR 97204 Website: www.princetonclub.com Phone: (503) 223-6237 Email: [email protected] Website: www.uclubpdx.com The Cornell Club* 6 East 44th Street New York, NY 10017 Camelot Club Telephone: (212) 986-0900 451 Florida Street 21st Floor Email: [email protected] Baton Rouge, LA 70801 Website: www.cornellclubnyc.com Telephone: (225) 387-0931 Email: [email protected] Website: The Cosmopolitan Club www.camelotclubbr.com 122 E. 66th Street New York, NY 10065 Telephone: (212) 734-5950 St. Botolph Club* Email: [email protected] 199 Commonwealth Avenue Website: www.cosclub.com Boston, MA 02116 Telephone: (617) 536-7570 Email: [email protected] The Athletic Club of Columbus* Website: http://stbotolphclub.org 136 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43215 Telephone: (614) 221-3344 Saint Louis Club Email: [email protected] 7701 Forsyth Boulevard Website: www.accolumbus.com St. Louis, MO 63105 Telephone: (314) 726-1964 Email: [email protected] The Rainier Club* Website: www.stlclub.com 820 Fourth Avenue Seattle, WA 98104 Telephone: (206) 296-6902 The Montana Club Email: [email protected] 24 West Sixth Avenue Website: www.therainierclub.com Helena, MT 59601 Telephone: (406) 442-5980 Email: [email protected] Spokane Club* Website: www.mtclub.org 1002 West Riverside Spokane, WA 99201 Telephone: (509) 838-8511 Website: www.spokaneclub.org Harvard Club of Boston The University Club of Milwaukee* 374 Commonwealth Avenue 924 East Wells Street Boston, MA 02215 Milwaukee, WI 53202 Telephone: (617) 536-1260 Telephone: (414) 271-2222 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.universityclubmil.com Website: www.harvardclub.com The Sutter Club Ingomar Club 1220 Ninth Street 143 M Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Eureka, CA 95501 Telephone: (916) 596-6300 Telephone: (707) 443-5665 Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.ingomar.org Website: www.sutterclub.org Petroleum Club of Bakersfield 5060 California Aveue, 12th Floor Bakersfield, CA 93309 Telephone: (661) 324-6561 Email: [email protected] Website: www.thepetroleumclub.com CANADA The Ranchmen’s Club The Royal Canadian Military Institute* 710 13th Avenue S.W. 426 University Avenue Calgary, Alberta T2R 0KY Toronto, Ontario M5G 1S9 Telephone Toll Free: (866) 228-3885 Tel: (416) 597-0286 Telephone: (403) 228-3885 Fax: (416) 597-6919 Fax: (403) 245-8188 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.rcmi.org www.ranchmensclub.com ENGLAND The Athenaeum, London* The Lansdowne Club* 107 Pall Mall London, 9 Fitzmaurice Place Mayfair SW1Y 5ER London, WIL 5JD Telephone: 44 (0) 207930 Telephone: 44 (0) 207629 7200 4843 Fax: 44 (0) 207408 0246 Fax: 44 (0) 207839 4114 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.lansdowneclub.com www.athenaeumclub.co.uk The Travellers Club* 106 Pall Mall London, SW1Y 5EP Saint James Club Telephone: 44 (0) 207930 7-8 Park Place, St. James’s Place 8688 London SW1A 1LP Fax: 44 (0) 207930 2019 Telephone: 44 (0) 207629 Email: [email protected] 7688 www.thetravellersclub.org.uk Fax: 44 (0) 027491 0987 Email: [email protected] www.stjamesclubandhotel.co.uk Oxford and Cambridge Club* 71 Pall Mall London, SW1Y5HD Reform Club Telephone: 44 (0) 207930- 104 Pall Mall London 5151 SW1Y 5EW Fax: 44 (0) 207930-9490 Telephone : 44 (0) 2077930 9374 Email: [email protected] Email : [email protected] www.oxfordandcambridgeclub.co.uk www.reformclub.com National Liberal Club Whitehall Place London SW1A2hE Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7930 9871 Email: [email protected] www.nlc.org.uk FRANCE Saint James Club, Paris* 5 place du Chancelier Adenauer 75116 Paris Telephone: 01 44 05 81 81 Email: [email protected] Website: www.saintjamesclub.com INDIA PYC Hindu Gymkhana* Bhandarkar Road, Pune-411004 Maharashtra, India Telephone +91-20-2566 3006/7 Email: [email protected] Website: www.pycgymkhana.com CHINA Shanghai Town & Country Club 46 Luding Road Shanghai 200062 Telephone: +86 21 8025 8666 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ddi-tcc.com .
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