Leather Merchant/Collector
Centurion, 1882–1920
Born 9 September 1837 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Died 19 March 1920 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Green-Wood Cemetery
, Brooklyn, New York
Proposed by Alfred J. Taylor and Robert Hoe III
Elected 6 May 1882 at age forty-four
Seconder of:
Century Memorial
During half of his long life William Loring Andrews was known to his friends and associates as a prosperous leather merchant in “the Swamp”; during the other half, as an enthusiastic and discriminating collector of rare books, prints, paintings, and porcelains. His collection of Americana achieved deserved celebrity among collectors and amateurs. He was a founder of the Grolier Club and long honorary librarian of the Metropolitan Museum; but his avocations as amateur never prevented the devoting of his time and energy to useful public work.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1921 Century Association Yearbook
