# Pacific-Union Club > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pacific-Union_Club > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pacific-Union_Club.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific-Union_Club > Source revision: 1303501668 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) SF social club Pacific-Union Club The James C. Flood Mansion is the home of the Pacific-Union Club This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Pacific-Union Club" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) **The Pacific-Union Club** is a social club located at 1000 [California Street](/source/California_Street_(San_Francisco)) in [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco), [California](/source/California), in the [Nob Hill](/source/Nob_Hill) neighborhood. It was founded in 1889, as a merger of two earlier clubs: the Pacific Club (founded 1852) and the Union Club (founded 1854). The clubhouse is the former [Flood Mansion](/source/James_C._Flood_Mansion), built as a home for silver magnate [James Clair Flood](/source/James_Clair_Flood). It was designed by Canadian architect [Augustus Laver](/source/Augustus_Laver). The reconstruction and expansion of the original mansion into the clubhouse was designed by [Willis Polk](/source/Willis_Polk). It is considered the first [brownstone](/source/Brownstone) constructed west of the Mississippi River.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Along with the [Fairmont Hotel](/source/The_Fairmont_San_Francisco) across the street, it was the only structure in the area to survive the [San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906](/source/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Prominent members Some notable citizens have been Pacific-Union Club members, including:[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] - [John Barneson](/source/John_Barneson), founder of [General Petroleum Corporation](/source/General_Petroleum_Corporation), [General Pipe Line Company](/source/General_Pipe_Line_Company) - [Riley P. Bechtel](/source/Riley_P._Bechtel), CEO, [Bechtel](/source/Bechtel) Corporation - [Stephen Bechtel Jr.](/source/Stephen_Bechtel_Jr.), former CEO, [Bechtel](/source/Bechtel) Corporation - [Warren A. Bechtel](/source/Warren_A._Bechtel), founder of [Bechtel](/source/Bechtel) Corporation - [Benjamin Biaggini](/source/Benjamin_Biaggini), former president and CEO, [Southern Pacific Railroad](/source/Southern_Pacific_Railroad) - [William Lane Booker](/source/William_Lane_Booker), British diplomat - [Benjamin Dillingham](/source/Benjamin_Dillingham) - [William Henry Draper III](/source/William_Henry_Draper_III), businessman - [Paul B. Fay](/source/Paul_B._Fay) Jr., (deceased) former Undersecretary of the Navy and PT squadron mate of [John F. Kennedy](/source/John_F._Kennedy)[1] - [Tirey L. Ford](/source/Tirey_L._Ford), former [California Attorney General](/source/California_Attorney_General) - [Henry F. Grady](/source/Henry_F._Grady), first [US Ambassador to India](/source/US_Ambassador_to_India); Dean of the [Commerce Department](/source/Haas_School_of_Business) at the [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley); President of [American President Lines](/source/American_President_Lines) - [Walter A. Haas Jr.](/source/Walter_A._Haas_Jr.), CEO (1958–1976) and chairman (1970–1981) of [Levi Strauss & Co](/source/Levi_Strauss_%26_Co) - [Randolph Apperson Hearst](/source/Randolph_Apperson_Hearst) - [William Randolph Hearst Jr.](/source/William_Randolph_Hearst_Jr.) - [William Randolph Hearst III](/source/William_Randolph_Hearst_III) - [William Redington Hewlett](/source/Bill_Hewlett), co-founder of [Hewlett-Packard](/source/Hewlett-Packard) - [Henry J. Kaiser](/source/Henry_J._Kaiser), engineer and founder of [Kaiser Family Foundation](/source/Kaiser_Family_Foundation) - [William S. Mailliard](/source/William_S._Mailliard), former [U.S. Representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) (1953-1974) - [Robert McNamara](/source/Robert_McNamara), former [U.S. Secretary of Defense](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense) - [David Packard](/source/David_Packard), co-founder of [Hewlett-Packard](/source/Hewlett-Packard) and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense - [R. A. F. Penrose Jr.](/source/R._A._F._Penrose_Jr.), prominent geologist - [Herman Phleger](/source/Herman_Phleger), founder of Brobeck Phleger and Harrison, former legal advisor of the [U.S. Department of State](/source/United_States_Department_of_State) - [Donald J. Russell](/source/Donald_J._Russell), former president, [Southern Pacific Railroad](/source/Southern_Pacific_Railroad) - [Charles R. Schwab](/source/Charles_R._Schwab), founder of [Charles Schwab Corporation](/source/Charles_Schwab_Corporation) - [Plácido Vega y Daza](/source/Pl%C3%A1cido_Vega_y_Daza), former General and Governor of the Mexican state [Sinaloa](/source/Sinaloa). He descended directly from Christopher Columbus' great-great grandson, the Admiral and 3rd Duke of Veragua. General Vega y Daza also became a vice-president of the club. - [Caspar Weinberger](/source/Caspar_Weinberger), former [U.S. Secretary of Defense](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense) ## Pacific Union Club Punch Pacific Union Club Punch is a drink named after the Pacific-Union Club in [William "Cocktail" Boothby](/source/William_%22Cocktail%22_Boothby)'s 1908 work *[The World's Drinks And How To Mix Them](/source/The_World's_Drinks_And_How_To_Mix_Them)*[2] with the recipe: For a party of ten. Into a large punch-bowl place ten tablespoonfuls of bar sugar and ten tablespoonfuls of freshly squeezed lime or lemon juice. Add two jiggers of [Curaçao](/source/Cura%C3%A7ao_liqueur) and dissolve the whole in about a quart of effervescent water. Add two quarts of [champagne](/source/Champagne_(wine)) and one bottle of good [cognac](/source/Cognac). Stir thoroughly, ice, decorate and serve in thin glassware. ## See also - [List of American gentlemen's clubs](/source/List_of_American_gentlemen's_clubs) [37°47′31.92″N 122°24′41.4″W / 37.7922000°N 122.411500°W / 37.7922000; -122.411500](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Pacific-Union_Club¶ms=37_47_31.92_N_122_24_41.4_W_region:US-CA_type:landmark) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Lara, Adair (2004-07-18). ["THE CHOSEN FEW / S.F.'s exclusive clubs carry on traditions of fellowship, culture -- and discrimination"](https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/THE-CHOSEN-FEW-S-F-s-exclusive-clubs-carry-on-2740755.php). *SFGate*. Retrieved 2019-01-26. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Boothby_2-0)** Boothby, William "Cocktail". *The World's Drinks and How to Mix Them*, 1908. Photographed at San Francisco Public Library Historical Materials Collection [\[1\]](https://flickr.com/photos/joegratz/336861830/in/photostream/) on December 28, 2006. Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Pacific-Union Club](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pacific-Union_Club). Authority control databases International VIAF National United States Other Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Pacific-Union Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific-Union_Club) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific-Union_Club?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.