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conducting meetings, hosting events, or entertaining
friends, our members and their guests receive
high standards of service and enjoy a variety
of attractive rooms for business or social
engagements. The Club Lafayette is conveniently
located in the City of Lowell, with easy access
to downtown and major highways. |
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Club
Lafayette, Inc. is a private club for
business people. Founded in 1913, the
club has enjoyed very high standings
in the community of the City of Lowell.
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Meet
with clients |
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Reserve
a private room for an important meeting
or seminar |
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Make
a favorable impression with guests and
prospective clients |
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Enjoy
conversational privacy throughout the
club |
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Experience
outstanding personal service in an
exceptional atmosphere |
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Network
with other members and their guests |
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Join
a billiards or dart league, or just
stop by and play a few games with friends |
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In 1913 a group of prominent
Franco-American citizens of Lowell assembled
and discussed the anomaly of Franco-Americans
celebrating Le Jour de l'An in clubs not French,
where the members did not have the same ties
of language, blood, and tradition surging
through their veins. They decided to form
a high-grade French club under the name of
Club Lafayette, named after that great Frenchman,
the apostle of American liberty, who is the
greatest Franco-American.
On December 4, 1913 the Club Lafayette was
incorporated. There were 97 charter members,
men well known in the community life of Lowell,
and especially in Franco-American centers.
The club was first located at 831 Merrimack
Street and the grand opening was held with
a very successful New Year's Eve Party held
December 31, 1913. The club was situated at
this location for six years and then removed
in 1920 to 59 Wannalancit Street in what was
then known as the Stone Castle and the Bowers
Castle. It remained there until January 31,
1924. It then became the feeling of the majority
of the members that it was not centrally located
and not within reach so that the location
was again changed to 663 Merrimack Street
at the corner of Cabot Street occupying the
three upper floors of that building where
it remained until April 23, 1939. The club
then purchased the Fletcher Street Fire House
at 465 Fletcher Street and completely renovated
it into modern club rooms. |
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