The Duquesne Club is the premier private club in Pittsburgh, founded in 1873. The club's present home, a Romanesque structure designed by Longfellow, Alden & Harlow on Sixth Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh, was opened in 1890; an addition designed by Janssen & Cocken that included a garden patio, barbershop, and new kitchens was constructed in 1931. The building achieved landmark status from the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation in 1976, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. The Club voted to admit women for the first time in its history in 1980. A health-and-fitness center was added in 1994. The club also has 43 hotel rooms and suites. The club has greeted many notable guests including: Presidents Ulysses S. Grant, Herbert Hoover, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton as well as Colin Powell, Polish leader Edward Gierek, Gene Simmons, Charles, Prince of Wales and former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Oil businessman and millionaire Philip M. Shannon owned an apartment in the club and died there in 1915. (Source: Wikipedia)
