Wells Memorial Institute was a workingman's club in Boston meant to promote social interaction, mutual help, recreation, and training for working people.
[1] It was organized in 1879 by Robert Treat Paine, who was inspired by the English working men's clubs, and named after Rev.
[2] It offered courses on mechanical drawing, civil service, automobile construction, English, public speaking, cooking, household economics, embroidery, and millinery.
[4] The Lowell Institute lectures on "mechanics" were given at the Wells in the 19th century.
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