The university clubs, at the CDP boundary

The University Club opened 1968, razed 2007 — the alumni club documented from 1931

The boundary, printed: The institutions in this entry stand in the unincorporated Notre Dame community development district outside the city limits, on the university's ground — the same civic fact the Notre Dame section of this history prints — and they are carried here because the city's club life is incomplete without them, with the geography stated and no argument made of it.

The University Club of Notre Dame: The university's faculty club was built on a gift: Robert Gore Sr., who never attended Notre Dame, gave $350,000 in 1967 to construct the University Club, which opened in 1968 on Notre Dame Avenue. Before it, the old McNamara house — André House — had served as a faculty club in the 1960s, on the university archives' account. The University Club's records, 1967 to 2007, sit in the university archives; the building was demolished in the fall of 2007, and the manner of its going entered the record — the Gore family protested in the student newspaper (The Observer, January 22, 2008) that the university had not told them of the demolition, and the club's collection of beer steins and tankards was auctioned in Chicago to support endowed scholarships. In the André House the Alumni Association had meanwhile opened its Alumni Club in January 1969 — the Senior Bar — where of-age seniors held memberships; the alumni lifetime memberships ended in 2003, when the room became the Legends restaurant.

The Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley: The alumni club of the home county stands in the Alumni Association's own record from the start of the 1930s: the St. Joseph Valley Alumni Club kept headquarters in the Oliver Hotel in 1931, the Notre Dame Alumnus reported, keeping rooms on file for visiting alumni, and the association's February 1933 roll of local alumni clubs lists the "Notre Dame Club of the St. Joseph Valley," its secretary Edward J. Meehan of the South Bend Tribune. Its testimonial for Ed Healey filled the Indiana Club in 1964. The club stands active in 2026 on the university's own news: its Global Day of Service crews worked at Cultivate Food Rescue and the Ronald McDonald House on April 25, 2026, and its officers for 2026–27 stand published.

Sources:

1. The Observer (Notre Dame), January 22, 2008 — Robert Gore Sr.'s $350,000 gift of 1967, the club's demolition in the fall of 2007, the family's protest, and the stein auction for endowed scholarships.
2. University of Notre Dame Archives — the University Club of Notre Dame Records (UCL), 1967–2007; the archives' Senior Bar history: the André House faculty club of the 1960s, the University Club's 1968 opening, the Alumni Club of January 1969, and the lifetime memberships' end in 2003.
3. The Notre Dame Alumnus, November 1931 and February 1933 — the St. Joseph Valley club's Oliver Hotel headquarters and the local-clubs roll; August–September 1964 — the Healey testimonial.
4. Notre Dame News, April 24, 2026, and the club's own publications, August 2026 — the Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley active, its service day and its 2026–27 officers.