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Catholic Club of Buffalo

The Catholic Club of Buffalo was founded on June 23, 1894. It was incorporated in the State of New York one month later on July 23, 1894. The object of the club was “to promote social intercourse among its members.”

Original members The club was managed in its first year by a board of directors consisting of the following members: Joseph A Dingens, Daniel V. Murphy, John Fornes, Andrew B Diller, Henry L Schnur, Gregory Strootman, Thomas F. Dwyer,MD, D. Edward Metzger, John L Schwartz, Augustus Weppner, John Devlin, Godfrey M Frohe, John C Bertrand, David F Boechat, Peter J Weigel, Omer B McNamara and Anthony Hoefner.

The Club was responsible for any and all real property to be held for use by the Knights of Columbus Council 184. In 1920, the club acquired the property at 506 Delaware Avenue from the Farrar family in 1916. Chilion Farrar http://wiki.vintagemachinery.org/Chilion-M-Farrar-Obituary.ashx was a prominent industrialist who passed away April 17, 1907. Ironically, he was an active leader in the Masonic Temple, historically a rival organization to the Knights of Columbus. http://www.masonic-lodge-of-education.com/masons-vs-knights-of-columbus-joke.html William McKinley enjoyed brunch at the Farrar home the morning of September 6, 1901. http://buffaloah.com/a/del/506/