And so it remained for over a century, until declining membership resulted in the club's closing in

So said an account in 1898's Outing cheap rates on motels in richmond va magazine, which described the ten-story, 1893 Venetian-Gothic styled building, designed by Henry Ives Cobb, as one the major attractions of the city, with its 2,000 members comprising the best class of people.
And so it remained for over a century, until declining membership resulted in the club's closing in 2007. After the requisite period of failed deals, the property was purchased for $13 million in 2012 by AJ Capital Partners LLC and Geolo and Agman. which have committed over $60 million to convert the clubhouse into a four-star (+!)hotel, appealing to the same best - or most monied - class of people that powered the CAC's initial creation.
The original 1893 building was eventually expanded along the back to a Richard Schmidt designed addition completed in 1907, with floors added in 1926. As part of the current rehab by Hartshorne Plunkard , with interiors by Roman and Williams , decades of alternations are being removed to reveal the original design underneath. We received pictures of some of those uncovered elements from Eric Nordstrom of Urban Remains. He assures me their salvaging is confined to old furniture and later alternations, and that many of the original spaces are being meticulously reconstructed.
Actually, much of the original design has survived largely intact and entirely striking, as you can see in these photosets from AJ Capital Partners LLC , the Hotel Chatter website , and some Landmarks Illinois interior cheap rates on motels in richmond va shots by Rolf Achilles .