{"id":117724,"date":"2026-01-02T19:22:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T19:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/117724\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T19:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T19:22:07","slug":"jonathan-club-opens-for-rare-public-tours-in-downtown-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/117724\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Club Opens for Rare Public Tours in Downtown LA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Get inside the secret members-only landmark this month only<\/p>\n<p>Doheny! Lankershim! Huntington! These power brokers who built L.A. were also members of the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jc.org\/\">Jonathan Club<\/a>, a private Downtown institution at the corner of 6th and Figueroa since 1926.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282863\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JonathanClub_Lobby_0280-1-1200x800.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JonathanClub_Lobby_0280-1-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282863\"  \/>The restored main lobby of the Jonathan ClubCredit: Photo courtesy of the Jonathan Club<\/p>\n<p>The upstairs halls are lined with portraits of the club\u2019s early members, which range from movie stars like Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton, Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs and Griffith Park benefactor Griffith Jenkins Griffith. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"954\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282855\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cornerstone-1200x954.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cornerstone-1200x954.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282855\"  \/>Club President William Jeffries sets the cornerstone on Feb. 26, 1925Credit: Photo courtesy of the Jonathan Club<\/p>\n<p>To mark their centennial, the Jonathans are opening the sprawling and mysterious venue for rare <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.laconservancy.org\/inside-the-historic-jonathan-town-club-in-downtown-los-angeles\/\">public tours with the Los Angeles Conservancy <\/a>on two dates: January 24 and 31.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282860\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0027_0160_Jonathan_club_town_20101112__0153-1200x800.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0027_0160_Jonathan_club_town_20101112__0153-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282860\"  \/>The Grill restaurant at the Jonathan ClubCredit: Photo courtesy of the Jonathan Club<\/p>\n<p>Luxurious meeting spaces, hotel rooms, entertainment pavilions, a library, pool and even a barber shop share space under magnificent stenciled, gilded and coffered ceilings. Keep an eye out for the recently uncovered Batchelder art tiles in the dining room. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"778\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282862\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/03barber_jc-1-1200x778.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/03barber_jc-1-1200x778.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282862\"  \/>The swimming pool at the Jonathan ClubCredit: Photo courtesy of the Jonathan Club<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-altfont has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-xs-font-size wp-elements-a392843e06eac12cec56e735f4f8219f has-lg-margin-top\" style=\"letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase\">Scroll to continue reading<\/p>\n<p>Many of the club rooms look the same today as they did 100 years ago but offering the comforts of the 21st century. Today\u2019s 4,000 members (including at an ivy-covered sister beach club in Santa Monica) enjoy fine dining, curated art shows and an extensive medical spa with nutritionists, coaches and even a hyperbaric chamber.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282861\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/09292025_JonathanClub_DTLA_0307-1-1200x800.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/09292025_JonathanClub_DTLA_0307-1-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282861\"  \/>The library of the Jonathan ClubCredit: Photo courtesy of the Jonathan Club<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve taken the time to recruit experts in their fields,\u201d says the\u00a0club\u2019s Jessica McLin of their staff. \u201cOne instructor was an Olympic swimmer and our masseuses are incredible.\u201d The tours don\u2019t include a massage, but you can visit a hidden cocktail lounge that was conveniently left off the blueprints during prohibition. \u201cIt was on the plans as a utility room, all ducts and fans,\u201d McLin says of the secret bar. \u201cThat was all a crock.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Get inside the secret members-only landmark this month only Doheny! 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