[3] The club formed in 1900 when a group of women began meeting weekly to socialize and read.

They drew up an official constitution in September of that year, as the Married Ladies’ Afternoon Club.

Henry Flagler and the Model Land Company donated land at the corner of Royal Palm Park for a club building in 1912, with the stipulation that the building must also be used as a public library and free reading room.

[3] In 1923, the Miami Woman's Club opened a children's library, and sold the building at Royal Palm Park.

The club purchased a site for its new facilities at Bay Shore Drive and NE 17th Terrace, and selected August Geiger as the architect for the building, which opened in 1926.