History
The Algonquin Club of Boston was founded by a group, including General Charles Taylor. 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" and more recently the "most grandiose" of Boston's clubs. At the time of founding women, Irish Catholics, Jews and blacks were not able to join the club. It remains the only "socially elite" old-guard Boston club with a purpose-built clubhouse. The Harvard Club, for example, built its Commonwealth Avenue clubhouse in 1912–1913. A real estate company bought the clubhouse in 2018. , the club is closed for renovations, including a new fitness facility and a roof deck. It will remain a private club, but plans to expand its membership."Permit Pulled for Renovations of Algonquin Club", ''BLDUP'See also
* List of gentlemen's clubs in the United StatesReferences
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