Mount Stephen Club is a gentlemen's club located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1926 as a private business club for men by Noah Timmins, J.H. Maher and J.S. Dohan, and named after the house's first owner, George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen (1829–1921). Starting in 1964, women were allowed to come in by the same entrance as men, on Thursdays only, and in the mid 1970s, women became equal members to men in the club.[1] The Mount Stephen Club is located on Drummond Street in Downtown Montreal, between De Maisonneuve Boulevard and Saint Catherine Street.
Various well known people have visited Mount Stephen Club over the years including Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, Princess Benedikte of Denmark, John Diefenbaker, Pierre Trudeau, Brian Mulroney, Lionel Chevrier, René Lévesque, Lucien Bouchard, Louise Harel and Pierre Bourque.[2]
The mansion, in which the club is housed, has been used by various Hollywood stars for period films. These stars include Alec Baldwin, Christopher Plummer, Eric Roberts, Jennifer Love-Hewitt and Richard Chamberlain.[2]
The mansion was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1971, as the best example of a Renaissance Revival house in Canada and due to its association with George Stephen.[3][4]
Mount Stephen Club will permanently close its doors on December 23, 2011.[5]
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