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The MacDowell Club of New York was one of many women's clubs by the same name around the country supporting the MacDowell Colony, the artists’ retreat in Peterborough, New Hampshire. The MacDowell Clubs around the country were part of a social movement to promote music and art in America. == Facilities in New York == Organized in 1905, the MacDowell Club was initially located at the old Metropolitan Opera House. At the end of May 1911, the Club moved to a spacious building at 108 W 55th Street,〔(''An Art Exhibition Without a Jury System of Award'', ) The New York Times, May 14, 1911〕 which featured a large vaulted gallery.〔(Richard H. Love, ''Carl W. Peters: American Scene Painter From Rochester to Rockport'', pg. 183, col. 2 ), University of Rochester Press (1999)〕 In 1924 the MacDowell Club purchased the old converted Marquand stable — located at 166 East 73rd Street — from the Joseph Pulitzer estate. Richard Morris Hunt had designed the original building for art collector Henry Gurdon Marquand in 1883. Shortly after Marquard's death, the building was sold to Joseph Pulitzer, then publisher of the ''New York World'', who lived several blocks to the east at 73rd and Park. A fire swept the building in 1935 and destroyed prints by Whistler, Hassam and others.〔''On a Block of Stables, an Unexpected Restoration'', The New York Times, June 3, 2007〕 In 1979, the Landmarks Preservation Commission proposed 12 of the 13 stable and garage buildings on the block for designation, excluding the Marquand building. A year later Halina Rosenthal, head of the block association and later founder of the Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts, lobbied the commission to include the Marquand stable in the designation, which it did in 1981. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MacDowell Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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