type private club founded milwaukee wisconsin 1882 headquarters milwaukee wisconsin website www.macwi.org the milwaukee athletic club often referred to as the mac or macwi founded in 1882 and located in the east town neighborhood of downtown milwaukee wisconsin is the oldest existing gentlemen s club in wisconsin . early in its history it was an olympic gold medal winning amateur athletic club . notable members have included senator herb kohl olympic legend george poage and early basketball star christian steinmetz . contents 1 clubhouse 2 history 3 notable members 4 see also 5 references 6 external links clubhouse edit clubhouse the club is headquartered at 758 north broadway at the corner of east mason street . the twelve story clubhouse designed by armand koch son of henry c. koch in 1917 1 contains two restaurants including one on a rooftop deck two cocktail lounges a ballroom a barber shop child care facilities a library 20 private meeting rooms 55 guestrooms and full service athletic facilities . 2 the athletic facilities include racquetball squash and basketball courts a co ed fitness studio and private men s and women s athletics areas each with its own swimming pool steam room sauna and resistance and cardiovascular equipment . 2 3 on the club s facade is a noted limestone sculpture diana installed in 1954 . history edit eight young men founded the milwaukee athletic club on september 18 1882 for the express purpose of developing of the bodily powers through gymnastic and other exercises . 2 soon thereafter the mac joined the amateur athletic union aau ; members participated in several early summer olympics including the 1904 summer olympics held in st. louis where its tug of war team won the gold medal . 4 as part of the aau the mac formed basketball swimming track baseball and other teams which competed throughout the united states . the mac was housed in nine different buildings before establishing its present clubhouse in 1917 . 2 notable members edit t c esser entrepreneur patrick flanagan american olympic athlete sidney johnson american olympic athlete herb kohl u.s. senator 1989 present conrad magnusson american olympic athlete charles manegold jr. entrepreneur oscar olson american olympic athlete richard r. pieper entrepreneur george poage first african american athlete to win a medal in the olympic games henry seiling american olympic athlete christian steinmetz early basketball star frank waller american olympic athlete hugo teweles milwaukee business owner sidney g courteen milwaukee business owner and former mac president see also edit list of traditional gentlemen s clubs in the united states university club of milwaukee references edit emporis milwaukee athletic club a b c d milwaukee athletic club official site history milwaukee athletic club official site athletics oscar olson . sports reference.com . retrieved 22 september 2012 . external links edit milwaukee athletic club official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title milwaukee athletic club & oldid 743557381 categories buildings and structures in milwaukeehidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages italiano edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 05 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view