The Woman’s Club of Starke, formerly the Mother’s Club, was founded in the late 19th century to assist Bradford County High School, meeting in the school and limiting active membership to mothers while teachers served as honorary members. Its early work included furnishing a library room and a study for the principal, providing students with books and clothing, and hiring a janitor for maintenance. In 1913 the group reorganized under its new name, and after the school moved the next year, it began using the school building as its headquarters. In 1917, as World War I approached, the building was turned over to the Red Cross, and club women made hospital blankets, prepared Christmas kits for troops, and shipped clothing to allies. In 1921 the Board of Education gave the school building to the club, and it was remodeled using some lumber from the original structure; the new craftsman/bungalow building opened on November 3, 1922. During the 1920s the club backed efforts to remove cows from the streets, develop a city park, and promote municipal suffrage. The Bradford County Library used part of the building and in 1936 became the first county library in Florida permitted to borrow books from the State Library in Tallahassee. During World War II, the United Service Organization used the building as a clubhouse where the Army YMCA entertained soldiers from nearby Camp Blanding with minstrels, radio programs, quiz games, card games, dances, and vaudeville shows beginning in April 1941. Over time, the clubhouse remained the community’s main setting for social and cultural events, and on April 18, 1997, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places while continuing as the headquarters of the Woman’s Club of Starke.