Jekyll Island Club
Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA.
Described as “the richest, the most exclusive, the most inaccessible club in the world.” in the February 1904 issue of Munsey's Magazine, the Jekyll Island Club remains a pretty prestigious place to stay to this day.
While the club’s original membership could boast names such as Vincent Astor, J P Morgan, William Vanderbilt, and Joseph Pulitzer, the hotel has two other special claims-to-fame. First, it was here in 1907 that a secret meeting of Senator Nelson Aldrich and several nationally important bankers took place leading to the proposal of the Aldrich Plan; though unsuccessful, it was later used as a basis for the Federal Reserve Act.
Second, it was from the club that the first transcontinental telephone call was made on January 25th 1915 (by AT & T president Theodore Vall).
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While the club’s original membership could boast names such as Vincent Astor, J P Morgan, William Vanderbilt, and Joseph Pulitzer, the hotel has two other special claims-to-fame. First, it was here in 1907 that a secret meeting of Senator Nelson Aldrich and several nationally important bankers took place leading to the proposal of the Aldrich Plan; though unsuccessful, it was later used as a basis for the Federal Reserve Act.
Second, it was from the club that the first transcontinental telephone call was made on January 25th 1915 (by AT & T president Theodore Vall).
See the Historic Hotels in the Southern States index
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