WCC has a rich history in our community.
As we begin our 100th year, explore our beginnings and roots with us and celebrate our legacy.
Did you know?
In 1925, Mrs. Mark Coffin, Mrs. P.J. Weldon, Mrs. William Maxwell, and Mrs. E.H. Hubbard came together to expand their horizons with the formation of an intellectual study and social group. They soon drew a nucleus of 35 other women to meet regularly at the Union Church.
In seven months, they formed a constitution and bylaws to be written and officers to be elected to form a Federated Woman’s Club. Within a year of their first meeting, they paid $475 for two lots across from the Carlsbad Elementary School at the corner of Fourth (Elm Ave.*) and Pine St.
In June of 1928, The Carlsbad Woman’s Club, now 200 strong, moved into its own building at Fourth (Elm Ave.) and Pine St, dedicating themselves anew to civic and social betterment. They campaigned for more trees for downtown streets and compensation for disabled veterans of World War I.
In December of 1931, the spacious Spanish-style clubhouse had to be sold due to The Great Depression. It was sold to the Carlsbad School District for $4,522.
The women went back to meeting in homes and churches until six years later when the economy had recovered sufficiently for them to, once again, save for a new club home. The little house they built at the corner of Elm Ave. and Third St. was dedicated on December 8, 1937.
*Elm Ave. was renamed Carlsbad Village Drive in 1990.
In 1925, Mrs. Mark Coffin, Mrs. P.J. Weldon, Mrs. William Maxwell, and Mrs. E.H. Hubbard came together to expand their horizons with the formation of an intellectual study and social group. They soon drew a nucleus of 35 other women to meet regularly at the Union Church.
In seven months, they formed a constitution and bylaws to be written and officers to be elected to form a Federated Woman’s Club. Within a year of their first meeting, they paid $475 for two lots across from the Carlsbad Elementary School at the corner of Fourth (Elm Ave.*) and Pine St.
In June of 1928, The Carlsbad Woman’s Club, now 200 strong, moved into its own building at Fourth (Elm Ave.) and Pine St, dedicating themselves anew to civic and social betterment. They campaigned for more trees for downtown streets and compensation for disabled veterans of World War I.
In December of 1931, the spacious Spanish-style clubhouse had to be sold due to The Great Depression. It was sold to the Carlsbad School District for $4,522.
The women went back to meeting in homes and churches until six years later when the economy had recovered sufficiently for them to, once again, save for a new club home. The little house they built at the corner of Elm Ave. and Third St. was dedicated on December 8, 1937.
*Elm Ave. was renamed Carlsbad Village Drive in 1990.