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The White
Bear Yacht Club is a private athletic and social organization dedicated
to the promotion of yachting, golf, tennis, swimming and other sports.
Situated on the shores of White Bear Lake in the Twin Cities of Minnesota,
the White Bear Yacht Club has a history dating back to the late 1800's.
Current
Weather Conditions:
The
Clubhouse
Kirby Barnu built the first clubhouse as a summer hotel on the site
of the present sailor’s pavilion. It was rented from him in 1891
and used as a clubhouse until it was purchased by the club and remodeled
in 1899. This building was demolished in 1912 and a stately clubhouse
with accommodations for the golfers in the basement was built on the
same site. The second clubhouse was destroyed on the evening of October
18, 1937 by a fire of unknown origin. The third clubhouse was built
in 1938 by the firm of Clarence Johnston. This clubhouse was demolished
in the Fall of 1998 to make way for the new building designed by Yunker-Assmus
Architects which opened in the Spring of 1999. The new clubhouse
features tremendous new amenities as well as some of the best lake
views in the Twin Cities. A truly special place.
Other
significant events in the club’s history are immortalized by the
beautiful silver pieces in the trophy cases in the club’s lobby.
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Click
on the following photos to view a larger image:
The newly
rebuilt WBYC clubhouse in 1999.
The WBYC
clubhouse in 1905.
A WBYC
postcard from 1920.
The clubhouse
as it existed in 1927.
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