A GrAnd CelebrAtion of the

Saturday, april 30, 2016 at 6:30 pm 217 CommonweAlth Avenue

130TH ANNIVERSARYof the algonquin Club of boSton

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Guests in AttendAnCe

sponsorships

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BUILDING BENEFACTORSMr. Stephen O’Brien and Mr. Triet NguyenHoward Gotlieb Archival Research Center

BUILDING SPONSORSMr. John Brown

Mr. Michael Conlon and Ms. Patricia McLaughlinMr. John D. Doherty

Mr. Timothy K. HarderMr. John L. Hickey, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen MathisMr. Michael MerrillMs. Vita Paladino

Mr. and Mrs. Steven E. Schmidt and Miss Alexandra Schmidt

BUILDING PATRONSMr. John J. Doherty, Swampscott, MA

Dr. Terence Keane and Dr. Douglas Hughes

DINNER SPONSORSMr. William D. Adams

DONORSMs. Christine Clark

Mr. Philip CrottyMr. Peter C. SteingraberMr. Loren C. White, Jr.

Mr. William D. AdamsMs. Rebecca AlssidDr. Lori AzzaraMr. Dennis Beckingham and Mrs. Meryl BeckinghamMr. Arthur BordenMr. John Bowen and Mrs. Anne BowenMr. Michael Conlon and Ms. Patricia McLaughlinMr. Raymond D’Amante and Mrs. Cinda Lea D’AmanteMr. James Dodge and Ms. Elaine SmartMr. John J. Doherty, Swampscott, MAMr. Harold Foley, Mrs. Sarah Foley, Mr. Bill Tasuri, and Mrs. Karen TasuriMr. Ross Grant and Ms. Hilary GrantMr. Timothy K. Harder, Mrs. Jaimie Harder, Mr. Christian Hassold, and Mrs. Sandra Jordan Mr. Alexander G. Henlin and Mrs. Elizabeth Hedstrom HenlinMr. John L. Hickey, Jr. and Mrs. Leslie HickeyMr. Carl Johnson and Mrs. Sharon Johnson

Dr. Terence Keane and Dr. Douglas HughesDr. Michael KramerMr. Zack KurlandMr. Stephen Mathis and Mrs. Jean MathisMr. Rich Mello and Ms. Amy BaumanMr. Craig Morgan, Dr. Sujey Morgan, Mr. Vincent Morgan, Mrs. Natalia Morgan, Mr. Michael Tarshi, Dr. Adela TarshiMr. John O’Connor and Mr. David ReichertMs. Roberta Orlandino and Ms. Brenda GailhouseMs. Vita Paladino and Ms. Anita KlaussenMr. Robert L. Peretti and Mrs. Janice PerettiDr. John Romano and Ms. Lisa TierneyMrs. Eve RoundsMr. Eric Savage and Mrs. Christine SavageMr. and Mrs. Steven E. Schmidt and Miss Alexandra SchmidtMrs. Shirley ShamesMr. Keith Starling and Mrs. Laurel StarlingMr. William Tasuri and Mrs. Karen Tasuri Mr. Kenneth TutunjianMr. Paolo Valle and Mrs. Ana Maria ValleMr. Robert Williams and Mrs. Sabrina Williams

menu & proGrAm

130TH ANNIVERSARY

MENU

reading room

paSSed horS d’oeuvreS

Scallops with MorelsScallops with Bacon

Pinwheels with Salami and CheeseBrie, Brown Sugar, and Almond in Phyllo

Duck Mousse on BriocheArtichoke, Olive, Roasted Pepper Skewer

Smoked Salmon Mousse with Caviar in Egg

Stationary itemS

Charcuterie PlatterOysters on the Half Shell

Shrimp Cocktail

main dining room dinner

firSt CourSe Crabmeat Louis on Baby Greens with Avocado,

Mercedes Sauce, and Citrus Vinaigrette

entrée Duo of Petit Beef Wellington en Croute with Truffle Sauce

and Lobster Thermidor served with Asparagus Bundle, Roasted Tomato with Parsley, Parmesan Cheese,

Bread Crumb, and Duchess Potato

third floor deSSert buffet

Mini Pastries, Macaroons, Fruit Kebabs, Crepes Suzette, and Bananas Foster with Vanilla Ice Cream

PROGRAM

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6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Cocktail Reception in Reading Room

7:30 pm – 9 pm Dinner in Main Dining Room

9 pm – 11 pm Dessert Buffet Webster Room and Marlboro Lounge

Dancing to Nightshift in Coolidge Room Nightclub

Jazz Speakeasy in Marlboro Lounge

A messAGe from the president On behalf of our Executive Committee, I am honored to welcome you to our 130th Grand Anniversary Celebration.

In this special anniversary year we celebrate and salute the thousands of members who brought the organization and our majestic Clubhouse through the decades. Through two world wars, through economic depression and recession and prohibition, through thick and thin, the Algonquin Club of Boston and our Clubhouse stand tall in the Boston Community.

We have been privileged to own and preserve one of the most beautifully crafted buildings in Boston. It offers all of us a call to the past, a reflection of a time of great vision and grandeur in architecture and society. We salute our founding members, who in 1885 had the vision to form a new social club bearing the name Algonquin Club after a national family of Indians, respected and admired for vision, strength and leadership. It was our founders’ vision, how-ever, that led them to incorporate on March 9, 1886 and to buy the property at 217 Commonwealth Avenue on April 28, 1886 and to commission and contract with one of America’s top architectural firms, McKim, Mead and White.

Thus, tonight and every day of the year, and on every occasion we are in the Club we tip our hats to their astute vision and actions and to all the members who have volunteered their time and provided their funds to maintain the organization and our historic Clubhouse. With the inspiration of all those who walked before us, we remain thoroughly and enthusiastically committed to preserving our Clubhouse and expanding and enriching the social life and member-ship of the Algonquin Club of Boston.

John L. Hickey, Jr. President April 30, 2016

John L. Hickey, Jr.

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former presidents

John F. Andrew 1886-1893Frances Peabody, Jr. 1893-1898Charles H. Taylor 1898-1918Francis W. Fabyan 1918-1923Louis A. Coolidge 1923-1925Jacob Frederick Brown 1925-1937Henry J. Nichols 1937-1940Leland Powers 1940-1943Charles E. Spencer, Jr. 1943-1945Frank J. Wall 1945-1947Raymond B. Cox 1947-1948Maxwell E. Bessell 1948-1950Glenwood J. Sherrard 1950-1954Maurice W. Dennison 1954-1956Edward A. Larner 1956-1958H. Frederick Hagemann, Jr. 1958-1960Edward P. Brown 1960-1963William F. Keesler 1963-1965Lawrence M. Cazayoux 1965-1967Thomas L. Morison 1967-1969Julius F. Haller 1969-1971Rudolph C. Bulterman 1971-1975Carlton W. Spencer 1975-1981David T. Scott 1981-1982Rudolph C. Bulterman 1982-1983Edward A. Larner, Jr. 1983-1985Paul G. Smith 1985-1988Thomas P. McCann 1988-1990Lawrence Thornton Shields 1990-1991James M. Paulson 1991-1993Richard C. Ockerbloom 1993-1995James M. Howell 1995-1996Katherine T. McAvoy 1996-1998Leonard Kopelman 1998-2000Kenneth I. Guscott 2000-2001David M. Fitzgerald 2001-2002Maggie Trichon 2002-2004William D. Adams 2004-2006Bryan P. Coyne 2006-2009Richard R. Kelly 2009-2011William D. Adams 2011-2012David H. Barlow 2012-2014John L. Hickey, Jr. 2014-Present

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John f. andrew United States Representative from Massachusetts

President of the Algonquin Club, 1886

oliver ameS

35th Governor of Massachusetts

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offiCerS & direCtorS

2015-2016

preSident

John l. hiCkey, Jr.

viCe preSidentS

williAm d. AdAms

eriCh G. rhynhArt

vitA pAlAdino

SeCretary

John bowen

treaSurer

John d. doherty

direCtorS for three yearS ending 2017

dennis J. beCkinGhAm

stephen p. mAthis

sAbrinA m. williAms

CommitteeS

2015-2016

houSe Committee

vitA pAlAdino, ChAir

williAm d. AdAms

dennis J. beCkinGhAm

John bowen iiJohn d. doherty

John l. hiCkey, Jr.stephen p. mAthis

John f. wAlsh

finanCe Committee

dennis J. beCkinGhAm, ChAir

bryAn p. Coyne

John d. doherty

John l. hiCkey, Jr.John f. wAlsh

memberShip Committee

eve rounds, ChAir

dennis beCkinGhAm

lAurA CAshel

ninA fiAlkow

GrAhAm kimmerer

leonArd kopelmAn

eriCh rhynhArt

ken tutunJiAn

admiSSionS Committee

AlexAnder G. henlin, ChAir

GerAld fleminG

GrAhAm kimmerer

stephen mAthis

JeAn mAthis

John f. wAlsh

sAbrinA williAms

eventS & Club life Committee

vitA pAlAdino, ChAir

meryl beCkinGhAm

lAurA CAshel

stAfford Cohen

douG huGhes

shAron Johnson

GrAhAm kimmerer

JeAn mAthis

triCiA mClAuGhlin

robertA orlAndino

eve rounds

shirley shAmes

reCiproCal Committee

John f. wAlsh, ChAir

frAnk e. ferGuson

stephen mAthis

luke meekins

direCtorS for three yearS ending 2016

robert e. Connors, Jr. GerAld s. fleminG

edwArd l. kirby, Jr.

direCtorS for three yearS ending 2018

miChAel w. merrill

pAul b. toomey

terenCe keAne

dAvid h. bArlow

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The Algonquin Club of Boston

On Friday evening, October 16, 1885, approximately fifty gentlemen interested in the formation of a new social club, to be located in the Back Bay district, met at the Hotel Vendome. As a result of this meeting, those present agreed to associate themselves together and organize a new club. A series of organizational meetings followed, presided over by General Augustus P. Martin, at which the name “Algonquin Club” was chosen. On March 9, 1886, “The Algonquin Club of Boston” was incorporated by a special act of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the purpose of maintaining a Club House and Reading Room in the City of Boston. The original incorporators were Oliver Ames, Edward A. Taft, William B. Wood, and Thomas E. Proctor. On April 28, 1886, land at 217 Commonwealth Avenue was purchased for the erection of an appropriate permanent Club House. On October 21 , 1886, Messrs. McKim, Mead & White of New York were selected as the architects based on their submission of the winning plans - under the code name “Vogue La Galini” - in a broad competition of the then leading practi-tioners in their field. In due course, a building contract was awarded to one of the most prominent and important construction companies of the nineteenth century, Norcross Brothers Contractors & Builders, and construction was soon underway. The Crowninshield Mansion, located at 164 Marlborough Street, was utilized as a temporary Club House from December of 1886 until the new Club House was formally opened amidst fitting ceremonies on November 8, 1888, and the members of the Club and their guests have enjoyed its many facilities ever since.

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The Algonquin Clubhouse opened on November 8th 1888. This image, taken shortly after the Clubhouse’s completion, shows McKim, Mead, & White’s original design of a balcony traversing the entire width on the second floor which was in violation of the Commonwealth Avenue zoning setback ordinances: bay windows may be placed on buildings if they are set back a certain distance from the Avenue and have a base that does not exceed 18 feet. On the Algonquin Clubhouse, the bay windows adhere to the zoning but on the first floor there originally were no depressions between the bays, the entire building’s first floor was on a solid line. The Club was sued by the Boston Har-bor and Land Commission in 1889 and was later ordered to remove portions of the balcony.

Completed AlGonquin Clubhouse

dinner given at the algonquin Club boSton to the memberS, boSton, maSS., January 27, 1913

deSCription

The dinner was given “To celebrate the cancellation of a mortgage of $45,000 which freed the Club entirely of debt.” A drawing of the building facade on Commonwealth Avenue is shown. The illustration opposite the menu listing is identified as Chief Algonquin. The Club officers are listed. “Ballad of a Mortgage,” by E.F. Burns is included in the menu. The members dined on such dishes as caviar, filets of kingfish, roast plover and bombe glaces.

the algonquin Club of boSton

EST. 1886

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with Home Market Club

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AlGonquin Clubhouse 2016

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