Mory's | |
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| Location | 306 York St., New Haven, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°18′41″N 72°55′54″W / 41.31139°N 72.93167°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 04001552[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 25, 2005 |
Mory's, known also as Mory's Temple Bar, is a private club adjacent to the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, founded in 1849 and housed in a clubhouse that was originally a private home built sometime before 1817. Originally it was a restaurant, especially hospitable to Yale undergraduates (it extended them credit), located at the corner of Temple and Center Streets, but in 1912, when the building was to be demolished, the owner and proprietor (since 1898), Louis Linder, sold it to a group of Yale alumni who moved the bar to 306 York Street and turned it into a membership club.[2] The building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1][3]
After several years of operating losses and the 2008 financial crisis, the club closed indefinitely on December 19, 2008. Although the club had an endowment of $2 million, it was depleted by this poor performance and the market downturn in 2008–2009.[4] After completion of a comprehensive business plan at the end of 2009 and progress on a fundraising effort, Mory's committed to a major renovation and a new business model in 2010. The fundraising effort and construction were completed in 2010 and Mory's reopened on August 25, 2010.[5]
Membership in Mory's is now offered to all Yale students, employees, and alumni as well as members of the New Haven community with an affiliation to Yale. Membership was open to women in 1974 when the club was given the option by Governor Ella Grasso of remaining exclusively all male but without a liquor license. Yale undergraduates can join with a $15 membership fee that covers all four years at Yale. Alumni living within 30 miles of Mory's pay a $99 annual fee, while alumni living over 30 miles away pay a $49 annual fee.[6]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ George Washington Patterson IV, ed., The Class of Nineteen Hundred and Fourteen: Yale College (Yale Univ., 1914) pages 35, 400-403; Robert Kimball, ed., The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter (NY, Knopf, 1983) page 5.
- ^ Mary Dunne (September 15, 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Mory's". National Park Service. and Accompanying 18 photos, exterior and interior, from 2003
- ^ Bailey, Melissa. "Mory's Closes Doors". New Haven Independent. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
- ^ [1] Archived September 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Zuckerman, Esther (2010-08-27). "After 20-month hiatus, Mory's is back". Yale Daily News. Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2012-05-07.