Fort Lauderdale Woman's Club

They completed their clubhouse building in 1917 which the National Register of Historic Places listed in 2019 as part of a Multiple Property Submission.

The group helped found a number of other civic organizations including Fort Lauderdale's first library, first Girl Scout troop, and first Red Cross office.

[1] One of the founders was Ivy Julia Cromartie Stranahan, a prominent citizen dubbed the "mother of Fort Lauderdale".

[3] Today the Club rents out the building for wedding receptions and other events and markets the park as a botanical garden.

[3] Each January, city officials meet at the club for an informal goal-setting workshop for the year ahead.

Parking lot entrance with West Marine headquarters in background