The California Club (Los Angeles, California)

 NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, 1930_construction, social club, Renaissance Revival (architecture)

538 S Flower St
Los Angeles, CA 90071

The California Club is a prestigious private social club established in 1887 in downtown Los Angeles, California. It is the oldest private social club in Southern California. The California Club has always been a vital factor in the business, social, cultural and civic life of the City of Los Angeles and its environs. The Club's membership has included the pioneers, the first families, and generations of the leading citizens prominent in finance, industry, commerce, the professions and in most all walks of life, while its non-resident members include many of the prominent people of the nation. Membership, which is by invitation only, is open to both men and women, without regard to race, religion or national origin. Originally founded as a private gentlemen's club, women have been admitted as members since 1987.

After a number of clubhouse locations, construction on the current clubhouse commenced in late 1928 and completed on August 25, 1930. The building was designed Robert D. Farquhar, an architect trained at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. The American Institute of Architects awarded Farquhar its Distinguished Honor Award for the design of the California Club building.