The Manila Army and Navy Club was a club open only to military officers in the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy. While the club no longer exists, its building, built by the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1911, is located along Luneta Park at the shore of Manila Bay. The club shared a lot with the Manila Elks Club, a local branch of the fraternal lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks whose membership was open to civilians, and together they were the center of the social life of the Americans during many decades.
In the later part of the 20th century the 1911 building gradually decayed. In 2007 the then derelict building was planned to be renovated.
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