The History and Future of the LULAC Council 60 Clubhouse

For nearly a century, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) has championed Latino civil rights, civic inclusion, educational, and economic opportunity.

The modest, two-story stucco building that became LULAC Council 60’s home was originally built in 1907 and purchased in 1955 for its members. Council 60 was at the center of Mexican American political organizing in Houston during the 1950s and ‘60s, a formative time in civil rights history. Its Clubhouse served as the de facto national headquarters of LULAC throughout most of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement. (The organization’s national office in Washington, D.C., was not established until 1996.) During those two decades of influential civil rights work, Council 60 advanced voting rights, desegregated schools, created job training programs, and reshaped American democracy.

The Historic Council 60 Clubhouse is the last surviving LULAC Clubhouse from the civil rights era in the United States. In 2018, the Clubhouse was designated a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The only other building in Houston with this recognition is the Astrodome.

Join us on Saturday, February 21, for a tour of the Historic Council 60 Clubhouse with Mister McKinney, Mister McKinney’s Historic Houston, and Daniel Ortiz, AIA, of RDLR to hear about the redesign that blends past and present.

This event is free and open to the community.

This event is part of our current exhibition, Nuestro Ambiente, on view through March 27, 2026.

Exhibition and Programming Sponsors:
InfraTECH; Luis Ayala Studio; Marek; Martinez Architects; Page now Stantec; Spaw Glass; RDLR; McCoy Rockford; and Art Chavez, AIA.

Additional support provided by
DBR, Wilson and Catherine Maxey, and Daniel Ortiz, AIA