The Women's Athletic Club of Alameda County, at 525 Bellevue Ave. in
Oakland, California
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...
, was built in 1928–29. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 2009. It has also been known as The Bellevue Club, as Women's Athletic Club, and as Bellevue Club Building.
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The Women's Athletic Club of Alameda was formed in 1926 and purchased the site. It hired architects Charles F.B. Roeth and E. Geoffrey Bangs to design their building. Its name was changed to "The Bellevue Club" in the 1990s.][
The building is a clubhouse, with a ]stucco
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exterior, plus an internal parking garage. It was built as a five-story (plus partial basement and attic) squarish footprint building, with a one-story section behind. A one-story garage addition at the rear was added in 1964. The interior spaces are Chateauesque or Classical Revival
Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...
in style.[ With ]
See also
* Woman's Athletic Club of San Francisco
The Metropolitan Club is a women's club in San Francisco, California. Their clubhouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Woman's Athletic Club of San Francisco.
History
In 1915, a group of local women established the ...
* List of women's clubs
Woman's clubs or women's clubs are examples of the woman's club movement. Many local clubs and national or regional federations were influential in history. The importance of some local clubs is demonstrated by their women's club buildings be ...
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References
External links
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Women's club buildings in California
National Register of Historic Places in Alameda County, California
Neoclassical architecture in California
Buildings and structures completed in 1928
History of women in California
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