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Metropolitan Club

 
 
Metropolitan Club Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, February 10, 2014
1. Metropolitan Club Marker
Inscription.
This Property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior

Metropolitan Club
Incorporated in 1915 as the
Woman’s Athletic Club of San Francisco
Bliss & Faville, Architects
The first woman’s athletic club in the western United States

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Notable BuildingsSportsWomen. A significant historical year for this entry is 1915.
 
Location. 37° 47.343′ N, 122° 24.658′ W. Marker is in San Francisco, California, in San Francisco City and County. It is in Lower Nob Hill. It is on Sutter Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 640 Sutter Street, San Francisco CA 94102, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on California’s Coast Ranges. It is also on the American Pacific Coast. Globally, it is in North America, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain
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and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Marines Memorial Club (within shouting distance of this marker); Unsung Heros (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Sears Fine Food (about 700 feet away); Isadora Duncan (about 700 feet away); Native Sons Building (about 700 feet away); History of Union Square (approx. 0.2 miles away); Mark Hopkins Hotel (approx. 0.2 miles away); Site of the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Francisco.
 
Metropolitan Club Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, February 10, 2014
2. Metropolitan Club Marker
Metropolitan Club image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, February 10, 2014
3. Metropolitan Club
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 22, 2014, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 863 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on February 22, 2014, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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