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'''The Metropolitan Club''' of New York (not to be confused with the ]) is a private social club in Manhattan, New York City. It was founded as a ] in 1891 for men only, but it now allows women into membership.<ref name=wilson>{{cite book '''The Metropolitan Club''' of New York (not to be confused with the ]) is a private social club in Manhattan, New York City. It was founded as a ] in 1891 for men only,<ref name="wilson">{{cite book | last=Wilson | first=J.G. | title=The Memorial History of the City of New-York: From Its First Settlement to the Year 1892 | publisher=New York History Company | series=Library of American civilization | issue=v. 4 | year=1893 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A1QOAAAAIAAJ | page=293}}</ref> but it now allows women into membership.
| last = Wilson
| first = James Grant
| author-link = James Grant Wilson
| title = The Memorial History of the City of New York: From Its First Settlement to the Year 1892
| publisher = New York History Co.
| date = 1893
| pages = 293
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=A1QOAAAAIAAJ
}}</ref>


==History== ==History==
The Metropolitan Club was formed in 1891 by ],<ref name="Insider">{{cite web|date=October 26, 2015|title=Inside 10 of New York City's most exclusive private clubs|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/inside-10-of-new-york-citys-most-exclusive-private-clubs-2015-10}}</ref> who served as its first president. It was actually the second organization with that name in its neighborhood. '']'' reported on March 10, 1891, about the name selected two days previous: The Metropolitan Club was formed in 1891 by ],<ref name="Insider">{{cite web | title=Inside 10 of New York City's most exclusive private clubs | website=Business Insider | date=2015-10-26 | url=https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-10-of-new-york-citys-most-exclusive-private-clubs-2015-10 | access-date=2021-06-05}}</ref> who served as its first president.<ref name=nyt20101028/> It was actually the second organization with that name in its neighborhood. '']'' reported on March 10, 1891, about the name selected two days previous:


<blockquote>There is already a Metropolitan Club, which for some years has occupied quarters in the neighborhood in which the millionaires think of building.<ref name=NYT.Tue>{{cite newspaper |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 10, 1891 <blockquote>There is already a Metropolitan Club, which for some years has occupied quarters in the neighborhood in which the millionaires think of building.<ref name=NYT.Tu>{{Cite news|date=1891-03-10|title=Very Hard On The Postmen.; It Would Seem That There Is One Metropolitan Club Too Many.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1891/03/10/archives/very-hard-on-the-postmen-it-would-seem-that-there-is-one.html|access-date=2021-06-05|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>{{efn|The first organization to claim the name "Metropolitan Club" seemed to be described by ''The Times'' for over a decade, but the definite article "The" was not ordinarily capitalized.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E06E3D71F3BE533A25753C1A9659C94609ED7CF
|title=Very Hard On The Postmen.; It Would Seem That There Is One Metropolitan Club Too Many.}}</ref>{{efn|The first organization to claim the name "Metropolitan Club" seemed to be described by ''The Times'' for over a decade, but the definite article "The" was not ordinarily capitalized.<ref>{{cite web
|website= NYTimes.com |title= POLITICAL |date= October 4, 1858 |website= NYTimes.com |title= POLITICAL |date= October 4, 1858
|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A02E7D81131EE34BC4C53DFB6678383649FDE}}</ref>}}</blockquote> |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A02E7D81131EE34BC4C53DFB6678383649FDE}}</ref>}}</blockquote>
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==Activities== ==Activities==
The club has had an ongoing involvement in the social life of the upper class, including fundraising,<ref>{{Cite news|date=1940-05-03|title=Gives $15,780 for Opera; Metropolitan Club Adds Sum to Its $4,593 Individual Donations|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/05/03/archives/gives-15780-for-opera-metropolitan-club-adds-sum-to-its-4593.html|access-date=2021-06-05|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ] balls,<ref>{{Cite news|date=1978-12-28|title=Metropolitan Club Annual Ball|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/28/archives/metropolitan-club-annual-ball.html|access-date=2021-06-05|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and sports.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1966-01-12|title=Backgammon Finals At Metropolitan Club|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/01/12/archives/backgammon-finals-at-metropolitan-club.html|access-date=2021-06-05|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
The club has had an ongoing involvement in the social life of the upper class, including fundraising,<ref>{{cite newspaper |newspaper=]
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/05/03/archives/gives-15780-for-opera-metropolitan-club-adds-sum-to-its-4593.html
|title=Gives $15,780 for Opera; Metropolitan Club Adds Sum to Its $4,593 Individual Donations
|date=May 3, 1940}}</ref> ] balls,<ref>{{cite newspaper |newspaper=]
|title=A Black-Tie Ball Fit for a Knight |date=September 27, 1915
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/27/fashion/order-of-malta-white-cross-ball.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite newspaper |newspaper=] |date=December 28, 1978
|title=Metropolitan Club Annual Ball
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/28/archives/metropolitan-club-annual-ball.html}}</ref> and sports.<ref>{{cite newspaper |newspaper=] |date=January 12, 1966
|title=Backgammon Finals At Metropolitan Club
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/01/12/archives/backgammon-finals-at-metropolitan-club.html
|quote=... for the Children's Cancer Fund of America}}</ref>


==Founding members== ==Notable members==
===Founding members===
* ] (1837–1913), financier, banker, philanthropist, art collector, and the club's first president<ref>The Founder</ref><p><p>
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⚫ * ] (1836–1914), lawyer and founding member
* ] (1837–1913), financier, banker, philanthropist, art collector, and the club's founder and first president<ref name=nyt20101028>{{Cite news|last=Gray|first=Christopher|date=2010-10-28|title=The Architect Charles McKim, Designer of the Morgan Library|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/realestate/31scapes.html|access-date=2021-06-05|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
⚫ * ] (1841–1899), real estate developer and founding member
⚫ * ] (1836–1914), lawyer
⚫ * ] (1866–1925), businessman and founding member
⚫ * ] (1841–1899), real estate developer
⚫ * ] (1825–1898), merchant and founding member
⚫ * ] (1866–1925), businessman
⚫ * ] (1843–1899), industrialist, philanthropist, and founding member
⚫ * ] (1825–1898), merchant
⚫ * ] (1849–1920), horse breeder and founding member
⚫ * ] (1843–1899), industrialist, philanthropist
⚫ * ] (1876–1920), businessman, polo player, and founding member
⚫ * ] (1849–1920), horse breeder
⚫ * ] (1841–1904), ], financier, and founding member
⚫ * ] (1876–1920), businessman, polo player
⚫ * ] (1841–1904), ], financier
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==Other notable members== ===Other notable members===
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* ] (1861–1952), architect * ] (1861–1952), architect
* ] (1842–1919), merchant and banker * ] (1842–1919), merchant and banker
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* ] ({{Circa}} 1918–1993), engineer and past president * ] ({{Circa}} 1918–1993), engineer and past president
* ] (1859–1905), yachtsman and member of Theodore Roosevelt's ] * ] (1859–1905), yachtsman and member of Theodore Roosevelt's ]
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==See also== ==See also==

Revision as of 18:00, 5 June 2021

This article is about the private social club in New York City. For the club and historic structure in Washington, D.C., see Metropolitan Club (Washington, D.C.). For the 19th century baseball team, see New York Metropolitans.

40°45′53″N 73°58′20″W / 40.76472°N 73.97222°W / 40.76472; -73.97222

The Metropolitan Club
The clubhouse's Fifth Avenue facade
Formation1891
TypePrivate social club
Location
Websitemetropolitanclubnyc.org
Entrance on East 60th Street
Historical plaque outside the club

The Metropolitan Club of New York (not to be confused with the Metropolitan Club in Washington D.C.) is a private social club in Manhattan, New York City. It was founded as a gentlemen's club in 1891 for men only, but it now allows women into membership.

History

The Metropolitan Club was formed in 1891 by J. P. Morgan, who served as its first president. It was actually the second organization with that name in its neighborhood. The New York Times reported on March 10, 1891, about the name selected two days previous:

There is already a Metropolitan Club, which for some years has occupied quarters in the neighborhood in which the millionaires think of building.

Other original members of the club included William Kissam Vanderbilt and James A. Roosevelt. "Each member, which included Vanderbilts and Whitneys, contributed $5,000 to buy the plot of land."

Clubhouse

The architects of the original building (erected in 1893) were McKim, Mead & White. The east wing, erected in 1912, was designed by Ogden Codman Jr. Its 1894 clubhouse, designed by Stanford White, stands at 1 East 60th Street, on the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue. The land on which the Clubhouse stands (100 feet fronting on Fifth Avenue and 200 feet on 60th Street) was acquired from the Duchess of Marlborough who signed the purchase agreement in the United States Consulate in London. Cornelius Vanderbilt II signed the purchase agreement on behalf of the club.

The address for parking is 11 East 61st Street ("between Madison and Fifth Avenues" - "615 Garage Corporation").

House rules

The Metropolitan Club maintains a dress code as part of its house rules:

  • Men must wear jackets and ties - "turtlenecks and ascots are not acceptable."
  • Ladies should wear "dresses, skirts, dressy pant suits, or business pant suits."
  • "Jeans, shorts, stirrup pants, leggings, stretch pants, tight pants, sweats and T-shirts are absolutely not acceptable."

Cell phones and laptops are prohibited in the Club except in private meeting rooms and bedrooms.

Activities

The club has had an ongoing involvement in the social life of the upper class, including fundraising, black tie balls, and sports.

Notable members

Founding members

Other notable members

See also

References

Notes

  1. The first organization to claim the name "Metropolitan Club" seemed to be described by The Times for over a decade, but the definite article "The" was not ordinarily capitalized.

Citations

  1. Wilson, J.G. (1893). The Memorial History of the City of New-York: From Its First Settlement to the Year 1892. Library of American civilization. New York History Company. p. 293.
  2. ^ "Inside 10 of New York City's most exclusive private clubs". Business Insider. 2015-10-26. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  3. ^ Gray, Christopher (2010-10-28). "The Architect Charles McKim, Designer of the Morgan Library". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  4. "Very Hard On The Postmen.; It Would Seem That There Is One Metropolitan Club Too Many". The New York Times. 1891-03-10. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  5. "POLITICAL". NYTimes.com. October 4, 1858.
  6. Some sources claim 1894, but it is clear that much if not most of the work was done in 1893. One item even mentions 1892.
  7. "The Metropolitan Club". Architect: McKim, Mead & White; Ogden Codman Jr. (east wing). Erected: 1893; 1912 (east wing)
  8. "The Metropolitan Club One East 60th Street at the corner of Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10022 Tel: (212) 838-7400. Parking is available at: 615 Garage Corporation 11 East 61st Street between Madison and Fifth Avenues New York, NY 10065 Tel: (212) 838-8869." "The Metropolitan Club - American Scandinavian Society".
  9. ^ "House Rules". Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  10. "Gives $15,780 for Opera; Metropolitan Club Adds Sum to Its $4,593 Individual Donations". The New York Times. 1940-05-03. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  11. "Metropolitan Club Annual Ball". The New York Times. 1978-12-28. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  12. "Backgammon Finals At Metropolitan Club". The New York Times. 1966-01-12. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-06-05.

Bibliography

  • Porzelt, Paul (1982). The Metropolitan Club of New York. Rizzoli International Publications. ISBN 978-0-8478-0423-8.

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