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| Formation | 1884 |
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| Founder | Royal Whitman, Timothee Adamowski, B. C. Porter, George Munzig, Frederick Prince |
| Type | Private social club |
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The Tavern Club, 4 Boylston Place in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, is a private social club established in 1884.
The Tavern Club was founded in 1884 by Royal Whitman, Timothee Adamowski, B. C. Porter, Edward Burnett, George Munzig, and Frederick Prince. Charter members included Arthur Rotch and others. [1] Membership is by invitation; in recent years membership includes women. Notable members of the club have included William Dean Howells, Henry Cabot Lodge, Henry James, and Charles Eliot Norton.
In February, 1885, the club adopted the Totem of Bear, which continues today as mascot for the group.
Frequent dinners, lectures, and musical and theatrical performances take place in the club for the members and their guests. In March 1885, Mark Twain attended a dinner in his honor, and another in 1901. Dinners have been given in honor of many others, including Elihu Vedder (1887), Rudyard Kipling (1895), Oliver Wendell Holmes (1902), John Singer Sargent (1903), Booker T. Washington (1905), Winston Churchill (1907), Norman Angell (1913), George Macaulay Trevelyan (1924), Owen Wister (1929), Ignace Paderewski (1930). [2]
A pervasive sense of humor and occasion characterizes many club activities. In 1903, the club won the baseball Challenge Cup against rival St. Botolph Club. The 1907 Annual Meeting treated the Members to a Puppy Raffle. Also in 1907 Taverners in 16th century German costume participated in the Copley Society's artists festival, along with other local groups. [3]
Notable members have included:
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