Old Colony Club | |
New York City Landmark No. 0236
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 The original Colony Club building in Madison Avenue | |
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| Location | 62nd Street and Park Avenue Manhattan, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°44′44″N 73°59′5.6″W / 40.74556°N 73.984889°W |
| Built | 1904 |
| Architect | McKim, Mead & White; Kendall & Baldwin |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, others |
| NRHP reference No. | 80002706[1] |
| NYCL No. | 0236 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 23, 1980 |
| Designated NYCL | May 17, 1966 |
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The Colony Club is a women-only private social club in New York City. Founded in 1903 by Florence Jaffray Harriman, wife of J. Borden Harriman, as the first social club established in New York City by and for women, it was modeled on similar gentlemen's clubs. Today, men are admitted as guests.[2]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Blair, Karen J. "Colony Club" in Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (2010). The Encyclopedia of New York City (2nd ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-300-11465-2.