Historic Locations > Mesquite Club

The Mesquite Club building was constructed in 1961 to serve as the headquarters and clubhouse for the Mesquite Club, a women’s nonprofit community service club. The clubhouse, constructed in a ranch style with modest neoclassical revival elements, is significant for its association with the Mesquite Club, the oldest nonprofit women’s club in Nevada. Established in 1911, the Mesquite Club has made important contributions to its young community and its state, such as working to pass state suffrage for women in Nevada, joining with the Red Cross to make bandages and raise funds during World War I, forming a USO Club during World War II, helping to start the Secret Witness Program (known today as "Crimestoppers"), establishing a Memorial Endowment at UNLV  for the purchase of children's literature, and establishing the first library in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas City Council approved the request to designate the Mesquite Club clubhouse as an historic property on May 20, 2009.

Mesquite Club Nomination Report