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The idea of the club developed in two directions.

One was of a permanent institution with a fixed clubhouse.

The London coffeehouse clubs in increasing their members absorbed the whole accommodation of the coffeehouse or tavern where they held their meetings, and this became the clubhouse, often retaining the name of the original innkeeper, e. g. White's, Brooks's, Arthur's, and Boodle's.

These still exist today as the famous gentlemen's clubs.