University Club of Albany

Albany, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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The University Club of Albany is a Colonial Revival brick clubhouse located at the corner of Washington Avenue and Dove Street in Albany, New York. Founded in 1901 by young college graduates seeking a social stepping stone before joining the more established Fort Orange Club, it occupied successive buildings at its current site. After a fire destroyed the original house in the 1920s, the architectural firm Fuller & Robinson designed the present main building, marking their final major work in the city. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011, the club hosted prominent speakers including President William Howard Taft, Andrew Carnegie, and Earl Grey throughout its early decades. Its facilities encompassed a library, dining areas, meeting rooms, and one of the country's oldest bowling alleys—potentially the oldest continuously operating private bowling alley in New York State. The club closed in 2022, after which the building was purchased and subsequently donated to the Albany Black Chamber of Commerce, which opened there in February 2023.