American Yacht Club Massachusetts

On the evening of March 17, 1885, a party of gentlemen assembled at the Brown Square House, on invitation of the landlord, Elisha P. Pride, who was at that time one of the area's most prominent yachtsmen, for the purpose of taking the initiative in forming a yacht club. In response to a call from the same gentleman and at the same place on the evening of March 27th of that year, a number of locale yachtsmen assembled and decided to organize a club, adopting the name American Yacht Club. They... more