History
In downtown Wilkes-Barre, Miners National Bank had recently built the tallest building in the city (at 14 stories high), and the primary modes of transportation were walking or riding horses. This was also the year that a group of prominent men from the Greater Wilkes-Barre Area formed the Malt Club to discuss community projects, politics, and business. The Malt Club officially changed its name to the Westmoreland Club in 1889, and in 1922, the Club purchased a beautiful, Georgian mansion from Dr. Levi Shoemaker to accommodate the expanding membership. Our Clubhouse still occupies this architecturally stunning building today.