Algonquin Club

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.

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

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])

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]

See also

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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