The Lemon Bay Woman's Club was organized in 1918 by Dr. Mary Green, a school teacher in Englewood, and was originally named the Lemon Bay Mother's Club until April 1924. It played an important role in the religious, educational, civic, and political life of Englewood. Construction of its Prairie style clubhouse began in September 1925 on two lots in the Lampp subdivision donated by A. Stanley and Winifred E. Lampp, at a time when newly incorporated Englewood and the surrounding area had 300 residents. Sarasota architects Thomas Reed Martin and Clare C. Homer, formerly of Chicago, donated the building's design services, and carpenters Pat Lampp, Fred Clark, and Leroy Bastedo built it. The original building had a screened veranda and one large meeting room with a brick fireplace and a semi-circular stage, and its total construction cost was $3,120. A housewarming on February 19, 1926, attracted 200 people, and official incorporation followed a year later under president Charlotte Wellington. In 1922, under Mrs. Hallie Green's leadership, members started a school library and maintained a lending library at the club until 1962. The club survived the Depression and the loss of its $37 treasury when banks failed, and continued holding fish fries, nature study classes, dances, card parties, plays, musical programs, travelogues, and lectures. It retired its mortgage on February 24, 1938, and burned the note at a gala meeting on March 4, 1938. From 1926 to 1970, the club served as a sanctuary for many Englewood churches and as a meeting place for various organizations; the Englewood Community Church was the first congregation to meet there, followed by the Community Presbyterian Church, First Baptist Church, St. Raphael's Catholic Church, St. David's Episcopal Church, Evangelical Free Church, Church of God, Church of Christ, First Methodist Church, and Calvary Baptist Church. During World War II, the building was turned over to the American Red Cross. It was the first building in Englewood to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places.