The Women's Club Rooms
Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Erected 1902-1903 by Women's Federated Clubs of Seguin. Known as the first structure in Texas built solely for women's clubs. To finance building (cost $500), women under leadership of Mrs. Joseph B. Dibrell held bazaars, theatricals, ice cream suppers. C. F. Blumberg was contractor. Present site (the fourth) was a gift of Mrs. Edgar Nolte, 1937. Utility areas were added to the two original rooms in 1949. Architecture is Greek revival.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Built in 1902-1903 by the Women's Federated Clubs of Seguin, this Greek revival building is remembered as the first structure in Texas erected solely for women's clubs. To raise its $500 cost, the women — led by Mrs. Joseph B. Dibrell — staged bazaars, theatricals, and ice cream suppers. Moved to its present site on land donated by Mrs. Edgar Nolte in 1937 and expanded in 1949, it stands as a monument to organized women's civic life.
Why it matters
The clubhouse marks the rise of the women's club movement, through which American women built public influence and community institutions before they could vote.
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Related people
- · Mrs. Joseph B. Dibrell
- · Mrs. Edgar Nolte
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