Kollege Klub
Madison
Summary
Kollege Klub was founded in 1953 by Jack Meier and his sons at 714 State Street in Madison, Wisconsin, on the site of the earlier Campus Soda Grill. While primarily a student beer bar, it was listed in national gay travel guides from 1963 through the 1973–74 editions, indicating it was a gathering spot for gay men during that period.
It was displaced from State Street in 1972 by construction of the Library Mall and relocated to the corner of Lake and Langdon Streets, after which it was no longer associated with gay patrons. The bar remained in operation under later generations of the Meier family.