Quadra Club
Named after Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, the club was an important social institution in Vancouver during the 1920s and 1930s and counted many of the city's élite among its members.
In 1941 the Quadra reopened at a new location on Seymour Street in the form of a private tavern rather than a traditional gentlemen's club.
The Homer Street location remained a music venue under several different names until it closed in 2002 and was demolished the following year.
[5] The new name referred to the Spanish naval officer Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra.
After the Vancouver Club had moved to its new clubhouse in 1914, the old building was rented first to the Seaforth Highlanders, and later to the Great War Veterans' Association.
The estimated total cost for the project was $155,000 (roughly $2.7 million in 2023); the club would secure a $75,000 mortgage at 7 per cent interest, and the remaining $80,000 would be raised via shares and debentures of the holding company.
An announcement said, "the reception will be of an informal nature and will take place chiefly in the main dining-room, where tea will be served from large tables, beautifully arranged with the season's flowers.
The Province wrote, "the Quadra ball is every one of the most important functions of the early New Year, but this season there will be an added lustre to its usual brilliance, for it is taking place in spacious new quarters, and guests will have the added attraction of inspecting the various rooms thrown open for their convenience.
"[13] The details are unclear, however, the Quadra Club apparently ran into financial difficulties during the Great Depression.
It is uncertain if the buyer obtained title or if the club freed itself from arrears within the one-year redemption period.
[17] The Moose remained in the building until 1950, when it was taken over as the headquarters of Vancouver's Royal Canadian Air Force Reserves.
However, at the time the laws were made, the province's private clubs had lobbied to be allowed to sell liquor on the premises.
Accordingly, a bar could exploit this loophole by classifying itself as a "private club" and charging a nominal membership fee to anyone who wished to drink.
[23] In 1969, the British Columbia Telephone Company purchased the property at 724 Seymour to expand its exchange building next door.
[27] In July 1979 the club was purchased by Suzan Krieger and Heather Farquahar, who ran it for the next four years as a lesbian bar.
[29] The new ownership group consisted of Bruce Allen, Lou Blair, Roger Gibson, Sam Feldman, Sandy McRae, and Bill Race.
Smith's daughter, Charlotte, ran the club along with Keith Buckingham and Peter McCullough.
