Description: Title/Info: The Century Association Yearbook 1989 NYC 7 West 43rd St Members. Hardcover without DJ; does NOT appear to have been originally issued with DJ. 405 pages. 5.5" x 7" From Wikipedia: The Century Association is a private club in New York City. It evolved out of an earlier organization - the Sketch Club, founded in 1829 by editor and poet William Cullen Bryant and his friends - and was established in 1847 by Bryant and others as a club to promote interest in the fine arts and literature[5] which was open to "Artists, Literary Men, Scientists, Physicians, Officers of the Army and Navy, members of the Bench and Bar, Engineers, Clergymen, Representatives of the Press, Merchants and men of leisure."[6] It was originally intended to have a limited membership of 100 men.[5] Its early members included Bryant; painters Asher Durand, Winslow Homer, Jervis McEntee, and John Frederick Kensett; sculptor Paul Manship; architect Stanford White; judge Charles Patrick Daly;[7] author Lewis Gaylord Clark; [6] and architect Calvert Vaux,[8] who, along with Frederick Law Olmsted, was the co-creator of Central Park. However, by the middle 1850s, the membership primarily consisted of merchants, businessmen, lawyers and doctors.[6] The Century Association resulted from the merger of two earlier private clubs for men "of similar social standing or shared interests." The Sketch Club had focused on literature and the arts, while the Column Club had been a Columbia University alumni organization. The initial invitation for the combined club was sent to one hundred men, which became the basis for the name "The Century", later slightly altered to the Century Association.[11] In 1891, The Century Association left 15th Street for its current location, an Italian Renaissance-style palazzo at 7 West 43rd Street. At the time of the move the club had about 800 members.[5] The building at this new address was designed by McKim, Mead & White. It is also a New York City landmark, as it was designated in 1967;[2] and has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1982. McKim, Mead & White's design established a preferred style for private clubhouse buildings all over the United States in the following decades.[2] The building was restored by the architect Jan Hird Pokorny in 1992.[2] Additional Info: Exactly the same as pictured. Scans may not pick up all flaws. (misc 97.025)
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