Piedmont Driving Club, Private social club in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States
The Piedmont Driving Club is a private social club with two clubhouses in Atlanta, Georgia. Its main building is a rough-stone complex along a curving gravel drive: a square stone tower with an open, roofed observation deck and flagpole, a gabled section below it, a four-arch stone arcade, and an ivy-covered wing with a chimney. The club's Rees Jones-designed 18-hole championship course and par-3 course lie several miles away on Camp Creek Parkway.
Founded in 1887 as the Gentlemen's Driving Club, its name referred to members driving horse and carriages on the club grounds. The club briefly used the adjacent land as a golf course before selling it to the city in 1904 to create Piedmont Park. It admitted its first black member in 1994, and from July 2008 to December 2009 renovated its informal dining and athletic facilities.
The name recalls members driving horse and carriages on the grounds; the adjacent land served as the club's golf course until it was sold to the city in 1904 to create Piedmont Park. The club admitted its first black member in 1994. It hosted the US versus Canada Lapham Grant squash competition for the second time in 2012.
Access to the grounds requires prior membership or an invitation from a member, as this is a private club open only to members and their guests. Planning a visit requires coordination with someone who belongs to the institution.
The club's original name, Gentlemen's Driving Club, referred to members driving horse-drawn carriages on the grounds, not to motoring. The land next door served briefly as the club's golf course until it was sold to the city in 1904 to create Piedmont Park.
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