Algonquin Club

The Algonquin Club of Boston was founded by a group, including General Charles Taylor.{{Cite web |last=Hornblower |first=Samuel |date=April 27, 2000 |title=Fifteen Minutes: The Old Boys' Clubs |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2000/4/27/fifteen-minutes-the-old-boys-clubs/ |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=The Harvard Crimson}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=96ye_qoWyCQC |title=The New England Historical and Genealogical Register |date=1922 |publisher=New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vol. 37-52 |editor-last=Scott |editor-first=Henry Edwards |pages=lxvi |language=en}} 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"Moses King, King's Hand-book of Boston, Boston, 1889, p. 259 and more recently the "most grandiose" of Boston's clubs.{{Cite web |last=Muther |first=Christopher |last4=Comments |date=July 10, 2021 |title=A stalwart of old Boston society is reinvented for modern sensibilities |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/07/10/lifestyle/can-stoic-back-bay-private-social-club-reinvent-itself-modern-tastes/ |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=The Boston Globe |language=en-US}}

In October 2020, the club closed for renovations, including a new fitness facility and a roof deck,"Zoning Relief Granted to the Algonquin Club", The Boston Sun, [https://thebostonsun.com/2018/08/03/zoning-relief-granted-to-the-algonquin-club/ August 3, 2018] and re-opened as the 'Quin House in July 2021.{{Cite web |last=Kearnan |first=Scott |date=2021-07-09 |title=Here's How the Elite Will Eat and Drink in Boston's Exclusive New Social Club |url=https://www.bostonmagazine.com/restaurants/2021/07/09/quin-house-social-club-opening/ |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Boston Magazine |language=en-US}} It remained a private club.{{Cite web |last=Bielagus |first=Abby |date=July 11, 2024 |title=A Closer Look at The ‘Quin House's Founders |url=https://mlbostoncommon.com/paul-and-sandy-edgerley-the-quin-house-boston |website=Boston Common}} The 'Quin House maintains reciprocal relationships with more than 150 social clubs worldwide.

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