Cosmopolitan Club at the University of Illinois

Above All Nations Is Humanity

Cosmopolitan Club House:
The A. Epstein International Center

The Cosmopolitan Club house is located at 307 East John Street, Champaign, IL. This house serves as a home for approximately fourteen residents (including men and women, as well as Americans and non-Americans); as a location of Club dinners and coffee hours; and as an office for the Club Executive Director.

The Cosmopolitan Club has been located at 307 East John Street since 1969. Prior to that time, the Club had been located at 605 East Daniel Street (1923-1961) and 405 East Daniel Street (1907-1922). The Cosmopolitan Club house underwent major renovations during 1991. Brothers Raymond and Sidney Epstein of Chicago provided generous assistance in this renovation work in memory of their father, Abraham Epstein. The elder Mr. Epstein, who came to the U.S. from Russia, was one of the earliest residents (from 1907 through 1911) of the first Cosmopolitan Club house. In his honor, the renovated Cosmopolitan Club house has been named the A. Epstein International Center.

Residents and visitors alike speak of the warm, friendly, and family-like atmosphere of the Cosmopolitan Club house. (For an example of this, see the article by Mariko Kurihara in the November 1997 Cosmo Connections newsletter.) Come experience these feelings for yourself at one of the Cosmopolitan Club's international dinners or coffee hours.

Rooms are rented for a one-year period, from August to August. Rooms can be reserved in the spring for the upcoming fall. If you are interested in renting a room at the Cosmopolitan Club house, please contact the Executive Director by phone at 217-367-3079 on Tuesday mornings (8:30 am - 12:00 noon) or Thursday and Friday afternoons (2:00 pm - 7:00 pm) or by email at cosmo307@gmail.com (new e-mail address as of August 2008).

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