Cornell Club of New York

6 East 44th Street | Midtown | built 1921

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1889
October
A small group of Cornell alumni forms the Cornell Club of New York
The club that would eventually occupy 6 East 44th Street was formed in October 1889 by a small group of Cornell alumni. In 1900 it took rooms in the Royalton Apartment Hotel, on West 44th Street, and in 1939, its 50th anniversary, it moved uptown to the Hotel Barclay. In 1962 it relocated again, to 50th Street at Third Avenue.
Source: Internet Archive
1986
Cornell University acquires the 44th Street office building and starts a three-year renovation for its club
The club began searching for a permanent home in 1982 and in the meantime used two temporary homes: the Women's National Headquarters, then NYU's Town Hall facility. Cornell University acquired the building at 6 East 44th Street in 1986, and a three-year renovation followed. The San Francisco firm Gensler & Associates renovated the 14-story building, which had been corporate offices.
Source: Internet Archive
1989
December 1
The Cornell Club opens its clubhouse in the former Chicago Pneumatic Tool offices
The 14-story building at 6 East 44th Street, once the offices of the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company, was given to Cornell University and became the club's clubhouse. The San Francisco firm Gensler & Associates renovated it for the purpose. The Cornell Club, formed by graduates in 1889, held the opening on December 1, 1989.
Source: Wikipedia

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