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How Room 711 Got to Evanston

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RI TOUR	PAUL AND JEAN	BACKGROUND	Room 711 CLUB
THE FIRST FOUR MEMBERS-->	PAUL HARRIS	S. SCHIELE	GUS LOEHR	HIRAM SHOREY

The Paul Harris Memorial

Nearly 100 years after Paul Harris and his colleagues chartered the club that would become Rotary International, Rotarians continue to take pride in their history. In honor of the club that first gathered in Room 711, Rotarians have preserved the room in an extensive re-creation of the office as it existed in 1905. For several years, the club maintained the room as a shrine for visiting Rotarians. In 1989, when the Unity Building was scheduled to be demolished, Rotary's 711 Club carefully dismantled the office, salvaging the original interior, including doors and radiators. In 1993, the Board of Directors of Rotary International set aside a permanent home for the restored Room 711 on the 16th floor of RI World Headquarters in Evanston, Illinois.