THE BUFFALO CLUB
125th ANNIVERSARY
1867-1992
1992. Very good hardcover, no dustjacket. Tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text. Illustrated, faux leather cover, 4to, 130 pages, illustrated endpapers.
During the latter half of the 19th century, Buffalo was the hub of America's east-west commerce. Our railroad yards bustled with activity. The country's first grain elevator rose here on the shores of Lake Erie, and the metals industry had already established a firm foothold.
As commerce and industry flourished, they spurred cultural growth as well. The University of Buffalo, the Fine Arts Academy, the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences and the Buffalo Historical Society were all founded during this prosperous era. It was during this same period that The Buffalo Club came into being.
Millard Fillmore, President of the United States from 1850 to 1853, had returned to Buffalo and was counted among the city's most influential citizens. In 1867, he joined 92 other like-minded gentlemen in signing The Buffalo Club's original incorporation papers. The Club's stated purpose was "to promote social intercourse among its members."
From 1867 to 1870, the Club leased the Movius home on the northwest corner of Delaware and Cary. When this lease expired, the Ganson house on the northwest corner of Delaware and Chippewa was purchased. In 1881 Grover Cleveland, then mayor of Buffalo, was elected to membership. Cleveland, who went on to serve two separate terms as America's President, remained a Buffalo Club member all his life. By 1887 the Club had outgrown the Ganson house, and the Pratt house was purchased. It remains the Club's home to this day. The roster of Buffalo Club members and special guests (both past and present) includes the names of many distinguished and influential personalities. It's been said that to know the Club's history is to know much of the history of Buffalo.
EXCERPT FROM THE 125TH CLUB ANNIVERSARY BOOK:
"Perhaps the most amazing fact about the Club... is not that it survived the years, but that it survived them with essentially the same declared policies which the founders had in mind. It began merely as a group for the purpose of fostering social intercourse, and it is just that today and always has been. It was founded by the leading business and professional men of Buffalo of 1866... and it still includes and always has included the leading business and professional men of Buffalo [and the Niagara Frontier]."
Loc: GL1-4
THE BUFFALO CLUB
125th ANNIVERSARY
1867-1992
1992. Very good hardcover, no dustjacket. Tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text. Illustrated, faux leather cover, 4to, 130 pages, illustrated endpapers.
During the latter half of the 19th century, Buffalo was the hub of America's east-west commerce. Our railroad yards bustled with activity. The country's first grain elevator rose here on the shores of Lake Erie, and the metals industry had already established a firm foothold.
As commerce and industry flourished, they spurred cultural growth as well. The University of Buffalo, the Fine Arts Academy, the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences and the Buffalo Historical Society were all founded during this prosperous era. It was during this same period that The Buffalo Club came into being.
Millard Fillmore, President of the United States from 1850 to 1853, had returned to Buffalo and was counted among the city's most influential citizens. In 1867, he joined 92 other like-minded gentlemen in signing The Buffalo Club's original incorporation papers. The Club's stated purpose was "to promote social intercourse among its members."
From 1867 to 1870, the Club leased the Movius home on the northwest corner of Delaware and Cary. When this lease expired, the Ganson house on the northwest corner of Delaware and Chippewa was purchased. In 1881 Grover Cleveland, then mayor of Buffalo, was elected to membership. Cleveland, who went on to serve two separate terms as America's President, remained a Buffalo Club member all his life. By 1887 the Club had outgrown the Ganson house, and the Pratt house was purchased. It remains the Club's home to this day. The roster of Buffalo Club members and special guests (both past and present) includes the names of many distinguished and influential personalities. It's been said that to know the Club's history is to know much of the history of Buffalo.
EXCERPT FROM THE 125TH CLUB ANNIVERSARY BOOK:
"Perhaps the most amazing fact about the Club... is not that it survived the years, but that it survived them with essentially the same declared policies which the founders had in mind. It began merely as a group for the purpose of fostering social intercourse, and it is just that today and always has been. It was founded by the leading business and professional men of Buffalo of 1866... and it still includes and always has included the leading business and professional men of Buffalo [and the Niagara Frontier]."
Loc: GL1-4
