The Institute Social Club Started as the Stourbridge Mechanics Institute in 1834 in what was called the Rye Market.
In 1856 a Working Mens Institute opened and in 1857 a merger was agreed but the two clubs were kept as seperate bodies and moved to the Falcon Inn in Market Street where the current premises are now.
The current building was opened in 1937.
More detail on the clubs history are available on the internet via Black Country Bugle web site