The Oglethorpe Club is a private gentlemen's club in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Established in 1870,"Becoming Southern: the Jews of Savannah, Georgia, 1830-70," American Jewish History (Dec. 30, 2008) it is the oldest such club in Georgia, and the seventh-oldest in the Southern United States, behind Cape Fear Club and ahead of The Athlestan Club. It is located at 450 Bull Street, immediately to the north of Forsyth Park.
Twelve members were present at the formation of the Club on September 18, 1870. Its first president was George S. Owens. Membership was 350 by 2024. Women are not allowed to be members, but spouses and widows are permitted to use the facilities unaccompanied.
The club features the Flagstone and Colonial rooms for formal events, as well as a tavern. Cell phone use inside the building is prohibited.
It stands directly across Bull Street from the Armstrong House, the original owner of which—George Ferguson Armstrong—was a member of The Oglethorpe Club.
The Oglethorpe Club is named for General James Oglethorpe, who established the Savannah colony in 1733."A Stroll Through Jewish Savannah" – Tablet, June 13, 2014
Notable members
Jefferson Randolph Anderson, attorney George Ferguson Armstrong, businessmanGeorgia: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form, in three volumes (1906) Volume 1, pp. 75 and 76 Wymberley Jones De Renne, preservationist Walter Charlton Hartridge Jr., preservationist Leonard Mackall, historian Sonny Seiler, attorney
Building 450 Bull Street, built in 1857 and also known as the Edmund Molyneux House, was designed by John S. Norris. Edmund Molyneux was consul at Savannah from 1832 to 1862.The British Foreign Service and the American Civil War, Eugene Berwanger (2014), p. 62 After the Civil War, the house was purchased by Henry R. Jackson.Savannah, 1733 to 2000: Photographs from the Collection of the Georgia Historical Society, Susan E. Dick, Mandi D. Johnson, Georgia Historical Society (2001), p. 100
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