The first club was at the old Washington School on 2nd Street with just 24 members. The school was incapable of handling much more at the time, even though the need was much greater. Seeing this, John Wells, a wealthy businessman, funded construction of the present facility on 7th Street in 1916. What started as a small school house would now be expanded to include a gym, woodshop, billiard room, bathroom and showers. In its day it was considered the most modern building in town.
Just a few years later, the D.A.R. chartered with the National Boys Club, making it one of the first in Michigan and one of only 20 clubs nationally. There are now thousands of clubs all across America.
Today, more than 1200
boys and girls are members of the D.A.R. Boys & Girls Club of
Menominee/Marinette. We are proud of how far we're come and are challenged
by how far we need to go.
