Engineers Club - Tour & Dinner

Engineers Club - Tour & Dinner
110 E. Monument Ave., Saturday, April 26, 2025, 4:00-8:00PM
**Registration Cutoff - April 21**

The Wright Brothers, Boss Kettering and Colonel Deeds all come to life with this visit and tour of the historic Engineers Club of Dayton. 

Your evening will begin with drinks from the cash bar, hors d'oeuvres and a tour of the Club. Around 5:30 we'll enjoy a wonderful buffet dinner in the English Room and then more drinks, touring and stimulating conversation for those hearty souls who're not ready to call it a night. 

This will be a golden opportunity to personally engage in the history and lifestyles of Dayton pioneers of science and engineering.  Get your 'boater or cloche' and join in a bit of history!

Parking: There are designated parking places around the Club with overflow on Monument and Jefferson Avenues.  

*Event Coordinator: Dennis Cassette*

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Engineer Club History: The Club was founded in 1914, and the club building was erected in 1918.  At the time, it incorporated a number of innovations including a built-in master vacuum cleaning system similar to Orville Wright’s self-designed system at Hawthorne Hill and a pneumatic system that synchronized the club’s clocks through a bellows, which advance the minutes and hours via suction or puffs of air.  Buttons for the servant annunciator network are still visible around the building.  The original club included sleeping quarters, barber shop, men’s lounge, ladies lounge featuring neoclassical decorations similar to the famous potter’s designs, a library, auditorium, game room dedicated to billiards and pool and a large dining room.