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Club started out as bridge group
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THE Shanghai American Club was originally a slam club, first founded in 1916 by a group of bridge fans who took turns holding the card games at their houses.
As it became increasingly popular among Americans, they held the first annual meeting in 1917 and changed the name to Shanghai American Club.
The club officially opened on Independence Day in the same year. By 1922, its membership went beyond 1,000 and about 90 percent of them were Americans.
In 1925, the club’s headquarters was finished. It was a six-floor building on Fuzhou Road equipped with elevators, a library, bridge room, reading room, dancing hall, restaurants, bars and other facilities.
The building soon became a landmark of the American community in the city. It became the city’s courthouse in 1953.
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