Capital City Club
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The Capital City Club is a private social club located in Atlanta, Georgia. Chartered on May 21, 1883, it is the oldest private club in the South.[1]
[edit] History
According to its charter, the purpose of the club is "to promote the pleasure, kind feeling and general culture of its members."[1] Harry C. Stockdell was the club's first president. He was succeeded in 1884 by Robert J. Lowry; and in 1885 Livingston Mims began the longest term as president, serving, with a two-year interruption, from 1886 through 1906. Subsequent presidents have all served two years or less.
The first club house was located at 43 Walton Street.[2] In August 1884, the club moved to a new establishment at 114 Peachtree Street.[2] The Club presently operates three facilities for the use of its members, the oldest of which is the downtown Atlanta club building on Harris Street which was dedicated on December 16, 1911. The Capital City Country Club, located in Brookhaven, was leased in 1913 and purchased in 1915. At that time the golf course was increased from nine to eighteen holes. The present country club building was erected in 1928. In the autumn of 2002 an additional club facility, the Crabapple Golf Club, was completed on 600 acres in the northern portion of Fulton County, Georgia.[3]
Traditionally the center of Atlanta's social activity, the Capital City Club has likewise been the most popular gathering place for the city's leading business and professional men. Notable individuals, including several presidents of the United States and royalty from other nations, have been guests at the Capital City Club, which is famous for its southern hospitality.
[edit] Notable members
Notable members of Capital City Club include:
- Asa Griggs Candler, Founder of the Coca-Cola Company
- Robert W. Woodruff, President of the Coca-Cola Company from 1923 until 1954
- Edwin P. Ansley, Atlanta real estate developer in the early 20th century
- Charles Collier, president of the Cotton States and International Exposition (1895)
- Joel Hurt, founder of the Trust Company of Georgia
- Joseph E. Brown, Civil War Governor of Georgia
- Alexander C. King and Jack Spalding, co-founders of American law firm King & Spalding
- John C. Portman, Jr., American architect and real estate developer
- William B. Hartsfield, American politician
- Alfred W. Jones, developer of Sea Island, Georgia
- Robert A. Toombs, Secretary of State of the Confederate States of America
- Henry W. Grady, famous New South advocate and editor of the Atlanta Constitution
- Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr., one of the greatest golfers who ever competed, founder of Augusta National Golf Club
