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 Cosmos Club in December 2017 | |
| Formation | 1878 |
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| Type | Private social club |
| 53-0052500 | |
| Location |
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| Services | Hotel (50 rooms), dining, athletics, meetings |
| Website | cosmosclub |
Cosmos Club | |
  Location of Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C. | |
| Coordinates | 38°54′41.3″N 77°2′51.6″W / 38.911472°N 77.047667°W |
| NRHP reference No. | 73002079 |
| Added to NRHP | April 3, 1973 |
The Cosmos Club is a 501(c)(7) private social club in Washington, D.C., that was founded by John Wesley Powell in 1878 as a gentlemen's club for those interested in science.[1][2] Among its stated goals is, "The advancement of its members in science, literature, and art and also their mutual improvement by social intercourse."[3]
Cosmos Club members include three United States presidents, two vice presidents, U.S. Supreme Court justices, artists, writers, businessmen, government officials, journalists, scientists, and university presidents, 36 Nobel Prize winners, 61 Pulitzer Prize winners, and 55 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients.[4][5] In 1988, the Club opened to women.[4]
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