Pacific-Union Club facts for kids
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The Pacific-Union Club is a special social club located at 1000 California Street in San Francisco, California. It sits in the famous Nob Hill neighborhood. This club was formed in 1889. It was created when two older clubs, the Pacific Club (started in 1852) and the Union Club (started in 1854), decided to join together.
The club's building is a very old and grand house. It used to be the home of a wealthy silver businessman named James Clair Flood. This house is known as the Flood Mansion. A Canadian architect named Augustus Laver designed the original building. Later, another architect, Willis Polk, helped rebuild and make the mansion even bigger to become the club's home.
This building is thought to be the first "brownstone" house built west of the Mississippi River. A brownstone is a type of building made from a reddish-brown stone. The Pacific-Union Club building was one of the only structures in its area to survive the big San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. The Fairmont Hotel across the street also survived.
Famous People Who Were Members
Many important people have been members of the Pacific-Union Club. Here are some of them:
- John Barneson: He started the General Petroleum Corporation.
- Riley P. Bechtel: He was a leader at Bechtel Corporation, a big construction company.
- Stephen Bechtel Jr.: He also led the Bechtel Corporation for many years.
- Warren A. Bechtel: He was the person who founded the Bechtel Corporation.
- Benjamin Biaggini: He used to be the president of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
- William Lane Booker: A British diplomat who worked for his country.
- William Henry Draper III: A well-known businessman.
- Paul B. Fay Jr.: He was an important official in the U.S. Navy.
- Tirey L. Ford: He served as the Attorney General for California.
- Henry F. Grady: He was the first U.S. Ambassador to India. He also led a department at the University of California, Berkeley.
- Walter A. Haas Jr.: He was a leader at Levi Strauss & Co., the company famous for jeans.
- Randolph Apperson Hearst: A member of the famous Hearst family.
- William Randolph Hearst Jr.: Another member of the Hearst family.
- William Randolph Hearst III: Also from the Hearst family.
- William Redington Hewlett: He helped start Hewlett-Packard, a big technology company.
- Henry J. Kaiser: An engineer who started the Kaiser Family Foundation.
- William S. Mailliard: He was a U.S. Representative in Congress for many years.
- Robert McNamara: He served as the U.S. Secretary of Defense.
- David Packard: He also helped start Hewlett-Packard and was a U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense.
- R. A. F. Penrose Jr.: A famous geologist who studies rocks and the Earth.
- Herman Phleger: He founded a law firm and was a legal advisor for the U.S. Department of State.
- Donald J. Russell: He was a former president of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
- Charles R. Schwab: He started the Charles Schwab Corporation, a financial company.
- Plácido Vega y Daza: A former General and Governor in Mexico. He was also a vice-president of the club.
- Caspar Weinberger: He also served as the U.S. Secretary of Defense.
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- List of American gentlemen's clubs
