page_title: Collectors Club of Chicago
section_title: Landmarked Clubhouse
hierarchical_section_title: Collectors Club of Chicago / Landmarked Clubhouse
caption_attribution_description: English: Benefactor of Collectors Club of Chicago
context_page_description: The origins of the Collectors Club of Chicago are traced to the informal meetings during the 1920s of specialized collectors residing in the local area.
  The CCC was incorporated in accordance with the General Not For Profit Corporation Act on 13 October 1928 in the State of Illinois, with nine members being named directors and with meetings being conducted in members' homes.
  Meetings continued at members' homes until World War II, at which time the meetings lapsed. On Sunday, 26 November 1944, a reorganization meeting of the then-charter-named "Chicago Collectors Club" was held at the home of Maj. Max G. Johl. Today's CCC is the result of that reorganization effort.
  In 1967, CCC member Richard McPherren Cabeen offered the Collectors Club of Chicago his four-level brownstone home, located in Chicago's downtown "Gold Coast" area at 1029 North Dearborn Street. The Cabeen offer was accepted, and the building has served as the CCC Clubhouse since that time.
context_section_description: In a letter to the Club dated 29 August 1967, CCC member Richard McPherren Cabeen and his wife, Blema, formally offered the Collectors Club of Chicago their stately four-level brownstone home, located in Chicago's "Gold Coast" area. On 13 September 1967, at a special meeting of the CCC Board of Directors, the Cabeen house gift was accepted. 
  The Cabeen House at 1029 N. Dearborn St. attained a Chicago Landmark Status on 10 July 2002 as part of the Washington Square Historic District and achieved listing on the United States National Register of Historic Places on 21 August 2003.
  The Cabeen House hosts monthly social and general meetings for its members, accompanied by formal dinners and invited guest speakers.
caption: Richard McPherren Cabeen, a founding member of the Collectors Club of Chicago. His home was donated to the CCC in 1967. He was a stamp columnist in at least one local Chicago newspaper and authored a book on philately.