Clam Bake Club 90th Anniversary Enamel Lapel Pin Newport, Rhode Island
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The Clambake Club of Newport is a historic private club at 353 Tuckerman Avenue in Middletown, Rhode Island.
Building
The club's main building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. It is located at the tip of Easton's Point, dividing Easton Bay and Sachuest Bay on the southern coast of Middletown, with fine views of Newport's mansions. The club, organized in 1895, first leased land at this site, then purchased it in 1903, building its first purpose-built clubhouse c. 1903–07. This building was significantly damaged by the New England Hurricane of 1938. The clubhouse was rebuilt in 1939; club records indicate a design for a substantially new building was prepared by William L. Van Alen.
Notable Members
Notable former members include:
Oliver Belmont, American congressman
Perry Belmont, American politician and diplomat
John Nicholas Brown II, American philanthropist and yachtsman
Edward H. Bulkeley, American clubman
William Astor Chanler, American politician, soldier and explorer
Winthrop Astor Chanler, American sportsman and soldier
William Bayard Cutting Jr., American diplomat
Elisha Dyer Jr., American politician
Edwin St. John Greble, United States Army general
Theodore Havemeyer, American businessman
H. H. Hunnewell, American banker
Woodbury Kane, American yacht racer
James Powell Kernochan, American businessman and clubman
David H. King Jr., American gilded age constructor
Louis Lasher Lorillard, American clubman
Ogden Mills, American businessman
Charles May Oelrichs, American broker and clubman
Herbert Pell, American politician
R. G. Harper Pennington, American painter
Lispenard Stewart, American politician
William Kissam Vanderbilt, American businessman and horse breeder
Whitney Warren, American architect