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Ivy Club Opens
Ivy Club

Ivy Hall (John Notman, who also designed Prospect House; still extant) at 43 Mercer St., 1879-1884.

1879
Ivy Club Moves
Ivy Club

New clubhouse (Frederick B. White 1883) at 40 Prospect Ave. (current location of Colonial Club), 1884-1897.

1884
Cottage Club Opens
Cottage Club

University Cottage on Railroad Ave., 1886-1892.

1886
Ivy Club Expands
Ivy Club

Enlarged clubhouse (Alfred E. Barlow).

1888
Tiger Inn Opens
Tiger Inn

University Cottage on Railroad Ave., 1892-1893.

1892
Cottage Club Moves
Cottage Club

New clubhouse at 51 Prospect Ave., 1892-1903.

1892
Colonial Club Opens
Colonial Club

House at 306 Nassau St., 1892-1893.

1892
Cap & Gown Club Opens
Cap & Gown Club

The Incubator (Thomas O. Speir 1887) at 61 Prospect Ave., 1892-1896.

1892
Tiger Inn Moves
Tiger Inn

House on William St., 1893-1895.

1893
Colonial Club Moves
Colonial Club

House at 186 Nassau St., 1893-1897.

1893
Tiger Inn Moves Again
Tiger Inn

New clubhouse (G. H. Chamberlain; Tudor Revival style) at 48 Prospect Ave., 1895-present. [Oldest permanent clubhouse.]

1895
Elm Club Opens
Elm Club

House at 46 Bayard Ln. (still extant), 1895-1901.

1895
Cannon Club Opens
Cannon Dial Elm Club

University Cottage on Railroad Ave., 1895-1897. [House was relocated to 144 Library Place, 1908.]

1895
Colonial Club Moves Again
Colonial Club

Renovated former Ivy clubhouse (Frank G. Stewart 1896) at 40 Prospect Ave., 1897-1906.

1897
Cap & Gown Club Rebuilds
Cap & Gown Club

New clubhouse (William Ralph Emerson) at 61 Prospect Ave., 1897-1907.

1897
Cannon Club Moves
Cannon Dial Elm Club

Relocated Incubator at 67 Olden St., 1897-99.

1897
Ivy Club Moves Again
Ivy Club

New clubhouse (Walter Cope, who also designed Blair Hall and Little Hall; Jacobean Revival style) at 43 Prospect Ave., 1898-present.

1898
Cannon Club Moves Again
Cannon Dial Elm Club

Henry Osborn House at 21 Prospect Ave., 1899-1910. [House was demolished, 1910.]

1899
Campus Club Opens
Campus Club

The Incubator at 67 Olden St., 1900-1901.

1900
Elm Club Moves
Elm Club

New clubhouse (Raleigh C. Gildersleeve; Italianate Revival style) at 58 Prospect Ave., 1901-1999.

1901
Campus Club Moves
Campus Club

Andrew Fleming West House at 5 Prospect Ave., 1901-1909. [House was relocated to 301 Nassau St., 1909.]

1901
Charter Club Opens
Charter Club

The Incubator at 67 Olden St., 1901-1903.

1901
Quadrangle Club Opens
Quadrangle Club

Henry Burchard Fine House at north side of Prospect Ave., 1901-1902.

1901
Tower Club Opens
Tower Club

The Monastery on Railroad Ave., 1902-1903. [House was later relocated to Library Place.]

1902
Cottage Club Moves Again
Cottage Club

Relocated 1892 clubhouse at 89 Prospect Ave., 1903-1904.

1903
Charter Club Moves
Charter Club

Renovated and enlarged house (David Adler 1904; Georgian Revival style) at 79 Prospect Ave., 1903-1912.

1903
Quadrangle Club Moves
Quadrangle Club

Relocated and renovated Henry Burchard Fine House at 13 Prospect Ave., 1903-1910.

1903
Tower Club Moves
Tower Club

The Incubator at 67 Olden St., 1903-1904.

1903
Tower Club Moves Again
Tower Club

Relocated 1892 Cottage clubhouse at 89 Prospect Ave., 1904-1911.

1904
Terrace Club Opens
Terrace Club

The Incubator at 67 Olden St., 1904-1906.

1904
Key & Seal Club Opens
Key & Seal Club

J. Eugene Carroll House at 83 Prospect Ave., 1904-1913.

1904
Cottage Club Moves Back
Cottage Club

New clubhouse (Charles Follen McKim; Georgian Revival style) at 51 Prospect Ave., 1905-present.

1905
Terrace Club Moves
Terrace Club

John Hibben House (Colonial Revival style) at 62 Washington Rd., 1906-1920.

1906
Colonial Club Rebuilds
Colonial Club

New clubhouse (Frank G. Stewart 1896; Colonial Revival style) at 40 Prospect Ave., 1907-present.

1907
Dial Lodge Opens
Dial Lodge

Relocated 1897 Cap & Gown clubhouse at 111 Prospect Ave., 1907-1917.

1907
Cap & Gown Club Rebuilds Again
Cap & Gown Club

New clubhouse (Raleigh C. Gildersleeve; Norman Revival style) at 61 Prospect Ave., 1908-present. [Only current club to be at just one location.]

1908
Campus Club Builds
Campus Club

New clubhouse (Raleigh C. Gildersleeve; Tudor Revival style) at 5 Prospect Ave., 1910-2005.

1910
Quadrangle Club Moves Again
Quadrangle Club

James McCosh House at 33 Prospect Ave., 1910-1916. [House was relocated to 391 Nassau St., 1916.]

1910
Arch Club Opens
Arch Club

Chamberlain house (on Colonial Club property, future site of Dial Lodge), 1911-1913.

1911
Cannon Club Builds
Cannon Dial Elm Club

New clubhouse (Edgar V. Seeler; Colonial and Tudor Revival influences) at 21 Prospect Ave., 1911-1973.

1911
Tower Club Moves Again
Tower Club

Renovated Quadrangle Henry Burchard Fine House at 13 Prospect Ave., 1911-1916. [House was relocated to 291-293 Nassau St., 1916.]

1911
Cloister Inn Opens
Cloister Inn

Relocated 1892 Cottage clubhouse at 89 Prospect Ave., 1912-1923.

1912
Gateway Club Opens
Gateway Club

The Incubator at 67 Olden St., 1913-1921.

1913
Charter Club Rebuilds
Charter Club

New clubhouse (Arthur Meigs 1903; Georgian Revival style) at 79 Prospect Ave., 1913-present.

1913
Arch Club Moves
Arch Club

Olden House on Washington Rd. (on current site of fountain at Princeton School of Public and International Affairs), 1914-1917.

1914
Key & Seal Club Expands
Key & Seal Club

Enlarged clubhouse (built by William Mathews Construction) at 83 Prospect Ave., 1914-1924.

1914
Quadrangle Club Builds
Quadrangle Club

New clubhouse (Henry O. Milliken 1905; Georgian Revival style) at 33 Prospect Ave., 1916-present.

1916
Arch Club Closes
Arch Club
1917
Tower Club Builds
Tower Club

New clubhouse (Robert B. Barnes 1903; Tudor Revival style) at 13 Prospect Ave., 1917-present.

1917
Dial Lodge Moves
Dial Lodge

New clubhouse (Henry O. Milliken 1905; Collegiate Gothic style) at 26 Prospect Ave., 1917-1999.

1917
Terrace Club Expands
Terrace Club

Restyled and enlarged clubhouse (Rolf W. Bauhan 1914 & Frederick S. Stone; Tudor Revival style) at 62 Washington Rd., 1920-present. [Only current clubhouse which is a former house.]

1920
Gateway Club Moves
Gateway Club

Relocated 1897 Cap & Gown clubhouse at 111 Prospect Ave., 1921-1927.

1921
Court Club Opens
Court Club

The Incubator at 67 Olden St., 1922-1924.

1922
Arbor Inn Opens
Arbor Inn

Relocated Key & Seal clubhouse at 110 Prospect Ave. 1924-1928. [House was relocated to 112 Prospect Ave., 2022.]

1924
Cloister Inn Moves
Cloister Inn

New clubhouse (R. H. Scannell 1915 & Charles Lewis Bowman; Collegiate Gothic style) at 65 Prospect Ave., 1924-present.

1924
Court Club Moves
Court Club

Relocated 1892 Cottage clubhouse at 89 Prospect Ave., 1924-1927.

1924
Key & Seal Club Builds
Key & Seal Club

New clubhouse (Walter H. Jackson; Tudor Revival style) at 83 Prospect Ave., 1925-1968.

1925
Tiger Inn Renovates
Tiger Inn

Renovation of clubhouse (Aymar Embury II 1900).

1926
Gateway Club Moves Again
Gateway Club

House at 70 Washington Rd. (on current site of Center for Jewish Life), 1927-1937.

1927
Arbor Inn Moves
Arbor Inn

New clubhouse (J. Eugene Carroll) at 5 Ivy Ln., 1928-1939.

1928
Court Club Moves Again
Court Club

New clubhouse (Grosvenor White; Tudor Revival style) at 89 Prospect Ave., 1928-1964.

1928
Elm Club Renovates
Elm Club

Redesign of clubhouse (Aymar Embury II 1900; Regency Georgian style) .[Clubhouse was occupied by School of Public and International Affairs during an apparent dormant period that included the early 1970s.]

1930
Gateway Club Closes
Gateway Club
1937
Prospect Club Opens
Prospect Club

Former Gateway clubhouse at 70 Washington Rd. (on current site of Center for Jewish Life); 1939-1959. [Only club owned by University.]

1939
Arbor Inn Closes
Arbor Inn

Clubhouse demolished in 2022 to make room for a portion of the new Environmental Studies and School of Engineering and Applied Science building complex.

1939
Court Club Expands
Court Club

Addition of east wing.

1956
Cloister Inn Expands
Cloister Inn

Enlarged clubhouse (R. H. Scannell 1915).

1959
Prospect Club Closes
Prospect Club
1959
Court Club Closes
Court Club
1964
Tower Club Expands
Tower Club

Enlarged clubhouse (James Archibald Kerr 1932).

1965
Key & Seal Club Closes
Key & Seal Club
1968
Court Clubhouse Repurposed
Court Club

Owned and operated by University, in conjunction with Key & Seal clubhouse, as Stevenson Hall for student dining, 1969-1992.

1969
Key & Seal Clubhouse Repurposed
Key & Seal Club

Owned and operated by University, in conjunction with Court clubhouse, as Stevenson Hall for student dining, 1969-1992.

1969
Cannon Club Closes
Cannon Dial Elm Club
1973
Colonial Club Renovates
Colonial Club

Renovated clubhouse (Jeremiah Ford).

1990
Cloister Inn Expands Again
Cloister Inn

Further enlarged clubhouse (Fred Travisano & Michael Mostoller).

1990
Cottage Club Renovates
Cottage Club

Renovated clubhouse (Michael Mills 1973).

1993
Quadrangle Club Expands
Quadrangle Club

Enlarged clubhouse (J. Robert Hillier 1959).

1995
Dial Lodge Closes
Dial Lodge
1999
Elm Club Closes
Elm Club
1999
Key & Seal Clubhouse Renovates
Key & Seal Club

Renovation of clubhouse by University. Now Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice.

2001
Court Clubhouse Renovates
Court Club

Renovation of clubhouse by University with a new 91 Prospect Avenue address. Now Office of the Dean for Research.

2001
Tower Club Expands Again
Tower Club

Enlarged clubhouse (John D. S. Hatch 1984).

2003
Campus Club Closes
Campus Club

Clubhouse sold to University in 2006.

2005
Ivy Club Expands
Ivy Club

Enlarged clubhouse (Demetri Porphyrios, who also designed Whitman College).

2009
Elm Clubhouse Renovates
Elm Club

Renovation and expansion of clubhouse by University (Ann Beha Architects). Now Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding.

2009
Campus Clubhouse Renovates
Campus Club

Renovation of clubhouse by University (Nalls Architecture) for student use.

2009
Dial Clubhouse Renovates
Dial Lodge

Renovation of clubhouse by University (Michael Landau). Now Center for Statistics and Machine Learning since 2017 (formerly location of Bendheim Center for Finance).

2009
Tiger Inn Expands
Tiger Inn

Enlarged clubhouse (Steven Cohen).

2011
Cap & Gown Club Expands
Cap & Gown Club

Enlarged clubhouse (Michael Farewell).

2011
Cannon Dial Elm Club Opens
Cannon Dial Elm Club

Renovated clubhouse (Ned Gaunt 1962) at 21 Prospect Ave., 2011-present.

2011
Tower Club Expands Again
Tower Club

Enlarged clubhouse (John D. S. Hatch 1984).

2014
Cap & Gown Club Expands Again
Cap & Gown Club

Addition of Cox Wing (Michael Farewell).

2019
Court Clubhouse Moves
Court Club

Relocated across Prospect Avenue to make room for a portion of the new Environmental Studies and School of Engineering and Applied Science building complex.

2023