MCMXXIV · CHESTNUT HILL

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Venetian Social Club

Venetian Social Club

Chestnut Hill · Philadelphia · Since 1924

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Heritage

Built by the people who built the Hill.

In 1924, stonemasons, bricklayers and carpenters from the Friuli Venezia-Giulia region of northern Italy, brought to Chestnut Hill to quarry, cut and set the Wissahickon schist of the Houston and Woodward homes, founded a club of their own at 8030 Germantown Avenue. They called it Venetian because their villages lay near Venice.

A century on, the Venetian Social Club is a 501(c)7 non-profit, inducted into the Chestnut Hill Conservancy Hall of Fame in 2019, and still run for its members, their families and their friends.

The Grand Ballroom, dressed for the 90th anniversary gala

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Our mission

The Venetian Social Club provides a welcoming and enjoyable social experience for our members, their families, and friends through club activities and events. We continue our role as a valuable and trusted partner supporting culture, charity causes and groups within our members' communities. We are responsible stewards of our historic facility and heritage.

Friendship · Family · Community · Service · Preservation · Heritage · Honesty · Dependability · Respect

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The rooms

The largest, most affordable ballroom in Chestnut Hill.

Weddings, showers, fundraisers, memorials, meetings. Every room is set up and customized for your affair.

The Grand BallroomGrand Ballroom

Up to 175 guests

The largest and most affordable ballroom available for rent for your next large affair.

 The Founders RoomFounders Room

Up to 60 guests

A working fireplace. Meetings, rehearsal dinners, showers and small gatherings.

 Members outside the clubGame room and lanes

Members and guests

Two pool tables, shuffleboard, a working Skee-Ball machine and two original 1930 bowling lanes.
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Plan your event

How many guests?

120guests

Seating

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Grand Ballroom
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Membership

Three hundred members. Never more.

A private social club since 1924. Limited to 300 members, sponsored in by two, dues paid annually.

IWhat a member has
  • The barFull service, members and their guests.
  • The game roomTwo pool tables, shuffleboard, Skee-Ball.
  • Two lanes, since 1930League bowling, pins set by hand.
  • The Founders RoomThe fireplace room, up to sixty.
  • The Grand BallroomMember rates on the largest ballroom in Chestnut Hill.
  • The MummersMarch with the Venetian NYA on New Year's Day.
IIHow to join
  1. Two sponsors. Applicants must be sponsored by two current members in good standing. Come to an event and meet people.
  2. The application. Submitted with the first year's dues and a nominal application fee.
  3. The vote. Considered by the membership. Welcome to the club.
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IIIDues and payments
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Current members can pay dues, a donation or an outstanding invoice online.

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The flag of Friuli, the founders' region
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Traditions

Some things we have never stopped doing.

  1. Since 1930

    The bowling league

    Two original working lanes and ten regular teams who bowl up to six nights a week during the season. Pinsetters still set the pins by hand.

  2. Since 2005

    The Chestnut Hill Mummers

    The Venetian New Years Association marches every New Year's Day in the Philadelphia Mummers Parade with the Murray Comic Club. The only club representing Northwest Philly.

  3. Since 1924

    Friuli

    The founders' region, kept alive with dinners, talks and the centennial series, from a storytelling afternoon with the founding families to Christmas in Poffabro.

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Events

At the club.

League nights, members' socials, Friulian dinners and the fundraisers that keep a hundred-year-old club standing. Dates are placeholders until the club sends its calendar.

EveryWkin season
League

League bowling

Ten teams, two 1930 lanes, up to six nights a week. Members and guests.

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Fri—Monthly
Members

Members' social

The bar, the game room, the Founders Room fireplace.

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Sat—Fall
Heritage

Friulian dinner

Traditional food and stories from the founders' region.

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Parade

Mummers Parade

The Venetian New Years Association marches down Broad Street every New Year's Day.

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Newsletter

Learn more about our upcoming events, fundraisers, and more.

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In the news

The Venetian Club in print.

The Chestnut Hill Local

A centennial celebration kicks off by looking back

How the founders came to the Hill, and the storytelling afternoon that opened the 100th year.

Read → The Chestnut Hill Local

Venetian Club celebrates Italian Christmas traditions

San Nicolò, La Befana, frico and the living nativities of Poffabro.

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Visit

8030 Germantown Avenue

Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA 19118

Call(215) 247-9858
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Bookings and hall rentals

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