Algonquin Club



The Algonquin Club of Boston, presently known as The 'Quin House, is a private social club in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1886. Originally a business-themed gentlemen's club, it is now open to men and women of all races, religions, and nationalities.

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.

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. The Algonquin Club maintains reciprocal relationships with more than 150 social clubs worldwide.