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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1847/01/13 Edgar S Van Winkle Member At age 36, Edgar Simeon Van Winkle becomes a founding member of Century Association in New York.
1891/01/10 McKim, Mead and White Architect The Century Association's new headquarters opens, built for $227,673
1891/01/10 Century Association Owner The Century Association's new headquarters opens, built for $227,673
1910/03/00 Daniel Chester French Sculptor Daniel French exhibits a replica of his "Standing Lincoln" statue for the Nebraska State House in the gallery of the Century Club in New York.
1970/00/00 Ralph Ellison Club Member Ralph Ellison, who rarely misses a day at the clubhouse during his thirty years as a member of the Century Association, declares the Century Martini as "one of our most august institutions." Martini
1974/00/00 Ralph Ellison Club Member Ralph Ellison writes a recommendation for fellow auther, Albert Murray, to be accepted as a member of the Century Association.

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Particulars for Century Association Building:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Historic Use Civic
Art Movement Italian Renaissance Revival
Architectural Style Late 19th and 20th century revivals



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 15th July 1982

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Century Association Building
Registry Address: 5-7 W. 43rd St.
Registry Number: 82003369
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: McKim,Mead and White
Architectural Style: Late 19th and 20th century revivals, Other
Attribute: Italian Renaissance
Contributing Buildings: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1875-1899
Significant Year: 1889, 1891
Historic Function: Social
Historic Sub-Function: Civic
Current Function: Social
Current Sub-Function: Civic

Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
The Age of Innocence (book) Novel Edith Wharton Archer knew most of the "fellows who wrote," the musicians and the painters: he met them at the Century, or at the little musical and theatrical clubs that were beginning to come into existence.

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