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The Cosmos Club is a 501(c)(7) private social club in Washington, D.C., that was founded by John Wesley Powell in 1878 as a gentlemen's club for those interested in science. [1] [2] Among its stated goals is, "The advancement of its members in science, literature, and art and also their mutual improvement by social intercourse."
The Cosmos Club is a private social club in Washington, D.C., that was founded in 1878. Following is an incomplete list of its notable members.
The Cosmos Club purchased the property in 1950, following Mrs. Welles' death in Switzerland in 1949. In 1933, President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt lived briefly in the house before his inauguration. [3]
In 1878, the Cosmos Club was founded and all local members of the Philosophical Society were invited to join. The Club moved to its own building, known now as the Dolley Madison House on Lafayette Square, and invited the Society to hold its meetings there. The Society accepted the invitation.
A few American gentlemen's clubs maintain separate "city" and "country" clubhouses, essentially functioning as both a traditional gentlemen's club in one location and a country club in another: the Piedmont Driving Club in Atlanta, the Wisconsin Club in Milwaukee, [6] the New York Athletic Club in New York City, the Union League of Philadelphia ...
In 1903, the Cosmos Club purchased from Henry Reed Rathbone for $33,000 No. 25 Madison Place NW, the building immediately to the south of the Cutts–Madison House (against which its three-story assembly hall addition abutted). [4] This property (and the one to the south of it) were razed in 1909, and a five-story Cosmos Club lodging house ...
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Edwin was acquainted with James Veirs, and attended a dinner he hosted at Montgomery Country Club. [24] Edwin would also play euchre at the country club. [25] He was a co-founder of the Cosmos Club [5] and served on its "House committee". [26] Edwin died December 1, 1912. [5] [27]