Clam Bake Club 90th Anniversary Enamel Lapel Pin Newport, Rhode Island

Clam Bake Club 90th Anniversary Enamel Lapel Pin Newport, Rhode IslandThe 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,

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