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The Carteret Club

By Phil Cohen

The Carteret Club

By Phil Cohen

Another social club that flourished in the 1890s and early 1900s was the Carteret Club.

Founded in the early 1890s and comprised of prominent young men, the Carteret Club first appears in City Directories in 1893. This Directory shows the club quartered at 211 North 5th Street. The 1894 edition lists the Carteret Club at 221 North 5th Street. City Directories from 1895 through 1899 show the Carteret Club at 421 Penn Street. By the time the 1900 City Directory was compiled, the Carteret Club had moved to 209 Cooper Street. This was the home of the club until it disbanded in 1906, as its members apparently joined other organizations.

Phil Cohen

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Carteret Club Minstrel Entertainment

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Carteret Club — Philadelphia Inquirer, January 6, 1895
The Carteret Club will give its annual minstrel entertainment in the Temple Theatre on Monday and Tuesday evenings, January 28 and 29.

Philadelphia Inquirer — December 3, 1898

Carteret Club members — Philadelphia Inquirer, December 3, 1898

Named: William White, Al Lemmon, Martin V. Bergen, Dr. Frederick Smith, and F. Morse Archer.

Carteret Club Disbanded

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Carteret Club dissolution — Philadelphia Inquirer, October 11, 1906
The Carteret Club, an organization which had many prominent young men as members, has disbanded.

Prominent Elks of Camden Lodge No. 293

F. Morse Archer Martin V. Bergen Raymond R. Donges
Al Lemmon Richard F. Smith Dr. Frederick Smith
Harrison H. Voorhees William White
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