Algonquin Club

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The Algonquin Club at 217 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston (2008)

The Algonquin Club of Boston is a private social club in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1886 by a group including General Charles Taylor. Originally a men's business club, it is now open to men and women of all races, religions, and nationalities.

Its clubhouse on Commonwealth Avenue was designed by McKim, Mead & White and completed in 1888, and was soon called "the finest and most perfectly appointed club-house in America"[1] and more recently the "most grandiose" of Boston's clubs. It remains the only "socially elite" old-guard Boston club with a purpose-built clubhouse.[2] (The Harvard Club, for example, built its Commonwealth Avenue clubhouse in 1912-1913.[3][circular reference])

A real estate company bought the clubhouse in 2018.[4] As of October 2020, the club is closed for renovations, including a new fitness facility and a roof deck.[5] It will remain a private club, but plans to expand its membership.[6]

The Algonquin Club maintains reciprocal relationships with more than 150 social clubs worldwide.

The name of the new club is "The 'Quin House."[7]

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References[]

  1. ^ Moses King, King's Hand-book of Boston, Boston, 1889, p. 259
  2. ^ Hornblower, Samuel (April 27, 2000). "Fifteen Minutes: The Old Boys' Clubs". The Harvard Crimson. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  3. ^ Harvard Club of Boston
  4. ^ "The Algonquin Club Acquired for $17.5 Million", BLDUP December 12, 2018
  5. ^ "Zoning Relief Granted to the Algonquin Club", Boston Sun, August 3, 2018
  6. ^ "Permit Pulled for Renovations of Algonquin Club", BLDUP July 3, 2019
  7. ^ https://thequinhouse.com/

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