Civic Club / Estonian House
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The Civic Club building, now the New York Estonian House (Template:Langx), is a four-story Beaux-Arts building located at 243 East 34th Street between Second and Third Avenues in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.
The house was originally built for the Civic Club in 1898–1899, having been designed by Brooklyn architect Thomas A. Gray. The Civic Club was founded by the local social reformer F. Norton Goddard (1861–1905) to reduce poverty and fight against gambling in the neighborhood. After Goddard's death in 1905 the club ceased to exist, but the building remained in the Goddard family until 1946, when Frederick Norton's widow sold it for $25,000 to The New York Estonian Educational Society, Inc., which is still the owner of the house today. The building underwent a $100,000 restoration in 1992.[1][2]
Known as the Estonian House (Script error: No such module "Lang".), the building houses a number of Estonian organizations such as the New York Estonian School (Script error: No such module "Lang".), The Foundation for Estonian Arts and Letters (Eesti Kultuurifond Ameerika Ühendriikides), choruses for men and women and a folk dancing group.[2][3] Vaba Eesti Sõna, the largest Estonian-language newspaper in the United States, is also published at the New York Estonian House.[4][5] The Estonian House has become the main center of Estonian culture on the U.S. Eastern seaboard, especially amongst Estonian-Americans.
The building was designated as a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1978 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
See also
- List of Estonian Americans
- Estonia–United States relations
- Estonian House
- Estonian Consulate General in New York
- List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets
References
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External links
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- Estonian House described by Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1978
- Images of the building in New York Architecture Images
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- 34th Street (Manhattan)
- Beaux-Arts architecture in New York City
- Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan
- Estonia–United States relations
- Estonian diaspora culture
- Estonian-American history
- Houses completed in 1899
- Murray Hill, Manhattan
- New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan