Beverly Hills Women's Club, Spanish Colonial Revival clubhouse in Beverly Hills, US
The Beverly Hills Women's Club is a one-story, stucco-clad Spanish Colonial Revival clubhouse with a tiled hip roof. Its main door is framed by pilasters, scrolled brackets, and an entablature topped by a pediment with a shield and urn motif; the windows are casement. Architects Gable & Wyant, who also designed Hangar One, designed it.
Founded in October 1916, the club served as a unit for the American Red Cross during the First World War. In 1925, a horse show attended by figures such as Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and Hobart Bosworth raised US$4,000, which the club used to move into its newly built clubhouse that same year. The building was designed by Gable & Wyant and listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 4, 2006.
Early members rode horses to the clubhouse, among them Mrs Burton E. Green and actress Norma Shearer. The club sponsored the Will Rogers Horse Show and exhibited art including El Greco's Saint Francis of Assisi and, in 2007, works by Roland Muri. In 1963 it published the Beverly Hills Women's Club Cook Book: Fashions in Food.
Access to the club is typically restricted to members and their guests, so it is best to inquire in advance about visiting hours and entry policies. The location on Chevy Chase Drive offers convenient access by car, though parking availability may be limited during peak hours.
The 1925 horse show raised US$4,000, and the club used the money that same year to move into the newly built clubhouse. Among those attending were Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Hobart Bosworth, mayor Silsby Spalding and Beverly Hills Hotel owner Stanley S. Anderson.
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