The Century Association is a private social, arts, and dining club in New York City, founded in 1847. Its clubhouse is located at 7 West 43rd Street near Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. It is primarily a club for men and women with distinction in literature or the arts. The Century Association was founded by members of New York's Sketch Club; preceding clubs also included the National Academy of Design, the Bread and Cheese Club, and the Column. Traditionally a men's club, women first became active in club life in the early 1900s; the organization began admitting women as members in 1988.
Century Association seal
Main facade
McKim, Mead & White was an American architectural firm based in New York City. The firm came to define architectural practice, urbanism, and the ideals of the American Renaissance in fin de siècle New York.
The principals of McKim, Mead & White (left to right): William Rutherford Mead, Charles Follen McKim, and Stanford White
The Isaac Bell House, in Newport, Rhode Island
The original Madison Square Garden, built in 1890
The original Penn Station in New York City, built between 1906 and 1910