Manhattan · NYC landmark
Civic Club / New York Estonian House
243 East 34th Street · Manhattan, New York City
A neighborhood reform clubhouse that became a center for Estonian-American cultural life.
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NYFE Summary
The Civic Club began as a neighborhood aid organization led by Frederick Norton Goddard. Its members offered personal help as well as money to people in the surrounding district. The building later became a gathering place for Estonian-American organizations.
The old Civic Club name remains over the curved central window and iron balcony. A steep roof with dormer windows crowns the narrow facade. The building connects two different periods of community life: local social reform and the preservation of Estonian language and culture.
NYFE summary from the official history and visitor sources linked below.
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