361 East Main Street
Spartanburg SC United States
29302
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The Piedmont Club
361 East Main Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302
864-582-1840 ~ www.thepiedmontclub.org
Since its foundation, The Piedmont Club has been committed to its goal of providing great food and excellent service in comfortable surroundings.
The organization of The Piedmont Club developed out of Walter Montgomery’s desire to meet the needs of the growing number of businessmen who were drawn to Spartanburg by the booming textile industry. They needed a nice place to stay with good food. Mrs. Eloise Montgomery Barnwell and Victor Montgomery, Jr. offered the use of the house, and thus The Piedmont Club was founded at a meeting of ten original sponsors on June 5, 1941.
Built in 1893, the Montgomery house owes its unique ornamentation and distinctive appearance to the Queen Anne architectural style. Named after the 18th century English queen, this style of architecture was introduced to America from Britain in 1876. It quickly became popular, and many houses of the style were built throughout the country from roughly 1880 to 1910. Typical components of Queen Anne houses include towers, dormers, bay windows, and corbelled chimneys. Wall surfaces such as coursed shingles, clapboards, and inset panels of sawn wooden ornament are combined with irregular roof lines and decorative wrap-around porches, and windows may include small square or diamond panes. Although several renovations and changes in appearance were made over the years, the house was reverted back to its original style in 2007 and many of the Queen Anne features can be seen in the current design of the house.
Although The Piedmont Club began with primarily business-oriented activities, it has expanded to more social-oriented uses through activities such as family nights and relaxed attire dining. The expanded facilities allow use by members for private functions and events, and the Club holds an important place in the Spartanburg community by serving as the venue for a number of fundraisers, business meetings, and political functions for multiple organizations. Club members also enjoy the benefits of reciprocal agreements with various clubs in other cities. Despite changes made in the operation of The Piedmont Club, it has remained dedicated throughout the years to providing quality food and service to its members and preserving the overall prestige of the Club.
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