Charles M. Sullivan, executive director of the Cambridge Historical Society, said his organization holds preservation easements for seven Harvard-affiliated club buildings.

But although preservation easements allow those final clubs to have lower taxes, none of them can receive tax-deductible building donations, because their easements are held by the city and not a third-party nonprofit as the Fly’s is.

Braude told de Rham, the lone representative of the Fly Club at the meeting, that the undergraduates in the club should express gratitude to the council by opening admissions standards.

“Tell them to thank the City Council—then thank us again by admitting women,” Braude said.

Several officers of the club did not return calls for comment last night.

—Staff writer Lauren R. Dorgan can be reached at dorgan@fas.harvard.edu.