The club was founded on August 3, 1898, and moved from 70 Broadway to 11 Wall Street when the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) opened its new building in 1903.

[3] Joseph L. Searles III, who became the first African American member of the NYSE when he joined in 1970, said that his "biggest fear...was where would I sit in the luncheon club?".

[4] A ladies' restroom was installed in the club as late as 1987, some twenty years after women were first admitted to the NYSE.

[6] In August 2001, the Stock Exchange Luncheon Club served as the venue for the presentation of custom-made motorized wheelchairs to 17 quadraplegic in-patients of a local hospital for paralyzed people.

[1][2] The space continued to be used for important events for example, the NYSE shareholder vote to merge with Euronext on December 19, 2006.