SALMAGUNDI CLUB
47 Fifth Avenue between East 11th and 12th Streets
NOVEMBER 24, 1937. ABBOTT FILE 266

The Salmagundi Club, which was established in 1871 for "the promotion of social intercourse among artists and the advancement of art," moved in 1917 from 14 West 12th Street to a brownstone mansion at 47 Fifth Avenue, which had been built in 1853 for Irad Hawley, president of the Pennsylvania Coal Company. In its heyday at the turn of the century, the club included such socially prominent artists as Louis Comfort Tiffany, Stanford White, and John La Farge.

Shortly after Abbott photographed the club, it underwent renovation: the facade was refaced, and the first-floor brownstone balconies and cast-iron sidewalk balustrade were replaced with wrought iron railings. Today, the club continues to meet at the Fifth Avenue building.

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