The Club quickly outgrew the Sutter Street building and , in 1903 , Club President William Bowers Bourn II hired architect Willis Polk to design a new clubhouse at the corner of Sutter and Van Ness Streets . Before the plans could be developed or the site purchased , however , the Sutter Street clubhouse was destroyed by fire in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake . For the next two years , the Club rented and occupied temporary locations
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
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