Ink Spot 29: Rotary’s Famous 711
Rotary History
<1> Why is 711 significant to Rotary?
▪ Number 711 is significant – why?
▪ Not the Store Chain
▪ Room 711, Unity Building
▪ 127 North Dearborn St. Chicago
▪ Birthplace of RI in 1905
<2> The Room
▪ Room belonged to Gus Loehr, Engineer
▪ Location of “the” first Rotary meeting
<3> A Meeting of 4 Friends
▪ A meeting between Paul Harris
▪ …and 3 friends
<4> Room 711 Preserved as a Museum
▪ Originally, preserved as a mini museum
▪ By Rotarians around the world…
▪ …contributing to the “Paul Harris 711 Club”
<5> Unity Building Destroyed
▪ 1989 - Unity Building was to be torn down
▪ Members of 711 club dismantled the room piece by piece
▪ Placed contents in storage
<6> Room Re-created
▪ 1994, Room 711 re-created after painstaking research…
▪ …at RI Headquarters in Evanston
<7> Now a Mecca for Rotarians
▪ Now visited by Rotarians around the world
<8> A Fitting Reminder
Rotary History
<1> Why is 711 significant to Rotary?
▪ Number 711 is significant – why?
▪ Not the Store Chain
▪ Room 711, Unity Building
▪ 127 North Dearborn St. Chicago
▪ Birthplace of RI in 1905
<2> The Room
▪ Room belonged to Gus Loehr, Engineer
▪ Location of “the” first Rotary meeting
<3> A Meeting of 4 Friends
▪ A meeting between Paul Harris
▪ …and 3 friends
<4> Room 711 Preserved as a Museum
▪ Originally, preserved as a mini museum
▪ By Rotarians around the world…
▪ …contributing to the “Paul Harris 711 Club”
<5> Unity Building Destroyed
▪ 1989 - Unity Building was to be torn down
▪ Members of 711 club dismantled the room piece by piece
▪ Placed contents in storage
<6> Room Re-created
▪ 1994, Room 711 re-created after painstaking research…
▪ …at RI Headquarters in Evanston
<7> Now a Mecca for Rotarians
▪ Now visited by Rotarians around the world
<8> A Fitting Reminder