President’s Message

I am pleased to report, on behalf of the Foundation Board of Directors, the successful conclusion of the Heritage Campaign for Restoration of the Park Street Façade. In addition to a record number of contributors, including first time contributors, 2026 was a banner year for gifts and pledges of half a million dollars, which enabled the Foundation to spend over $500,000.00 on the repair and restoration project. Your generosity enabled us to engage a supervising architect for this once-in-a-generation undertaking, as well as a contractor who completed the work according to our high standards.

This was more than a facelift – though the Park Street façade of our historic clubhouse is now very handsome – the project enabled us to ensure the structural integrity of this side of the building, including the brickwork and ironwork. Inspections around the time of our last major project – repair work on the roof, lintels, stonework, and other exterior elements of the building – revealed that our 2025 repair and restoration of the Park Street façade was urgently necessary.

The exterior of the clubhouse that we see today dates to the leveling of the Lowell residence, which stood at No. 7 Park, and replacing it with an annex in 1898, which was joined to the Lawrence residence next door at No. 8 Park. It was at this time that new sections of ironwork, and a copper awning above the second floor, were installed to unify the face of the clubhouse. The ironwork has now been repaired, burnished and repainted, and the deteriorating copper awning has been replaced with a beautiful replica.

Our 2025 campaign contributors were able to accomplish something truly impressive, and it underscores our commitment to being good stewards of a historic property, as well as conscientious neighbors, and proud Bostonians. Something we can all take pride in.

Of course, the work of historic preservation never ends. We are beginning a new 2026 campaign, which I hope you will consider supporting. Our ability to experience and enjoy the Union Club of Boston is very much a gift of generations past, who stepped up to do their part. It is now the turn of our generation, so I invite you to support the Foundation this year with a generous gift.