[1] Around the same time, the first country clubs in the United States were formed by groups of upper-class elites seeking community and recreation amid growing suburbanization.

Inspired by the success of large clubs in cities like St. Louis and Baltimore, a group of citizens proposed consolidating the existing organizations into one entity and purchasing land on which to build a clubhouse and other amenities.

Plans were made to buy "Westbrook," in North Side, the former country estate of Lewis Ginter, but a sale price could not be agreed upon, and an alternate site in the West End was selected.

[5] Articles of incorporation were originally submitted to the State Corporation Commission under the name "Old Dominion Country Club," but the application was amended when it was discovered that similarly-named entities already existed.

[11] Notable members of the club have included Lewis F. Powell Jr., who left in 1979 following criticism of its failure to admit non-white members; Eppa Hunton Jr. and his son, Eppa Hunton IV; Kate Langley Bosher; Charles Gillette, who designed a number of the club's landscaping features; Richard S. Reynolds Sr. and his grandson, J. Sargeant Reynolds; E. Claiborne Robins; Collins Denny Jr.; Harry Easterly; Dale Mercer; Tinsley Mortimer; Robert H. Patterson Jr.; William J. Armfield IV; and Richard Cullen.