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Designated NHL. February 27, 1987. Boathouse Row is a historic site which is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the east bank of the Schuylkill River just north of the Fairmount Water Works and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It consists of a row of fifteen boathouses housing social and rowing clubs and their racing shells.
Added to NRHP. February 27, 1987. Undine Barge Club is an amateur rowing club located at # 13 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The club was founded in 1856. Undine was not initially listed as a founder of the Schuylkill Navy, but is now considered a founder because an Undine ...
Bachelors Barge Club is an amateur rowing club located at # 6 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the oldest continuously operating boathouse in the United States. [4] It went through renovations as part of the "Light Boathouse Row" initiative, in which new LED lights were fitted to each of the ...
Added to NRHP. February 27, 1987. The Vesper Boat Club is an amateur rowing club located at #10 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1865 as the Washington Barge Club, the club's name was changed to Vesper Boat Club in 1870. Vesper's stated goal is "to produce Olympic champions." [3]
Malta Boat Club is an amateur rowing club located at # 9 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1865, the Club joined the Schuylkill Navy when it relocated to the Schuylkill River from the Delaware River and purchased the facilities of the now defunct Excelsior Club. [2][3] While on the Delaware, the club ...
February 27, 1987. Fairmount Rowing Association is an amateur rowing club, founded in 1877. The facility, located at # 2 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is on the National Register of Historic Places. [2] Fairmount originally catered to blue-collar youths living in the Fairmount neighborhood. [3]
February 27, 1987. Penn Athletic Club Rowing Association (commonly known as Penn AC) is an amateur rowing club located at #12 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Penn AC was founded in 1871 as the West Philadelphia Boat Club. [2] Penn AC has been a destination for elite rowers looking to make the US ...
Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club (commonly abbreviated PGRC) is an amateur rowing club located at # 14 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the oldest all-female rowing club in existence. [3] Built in 1860, the club's boathouse is the oldest structure on Boathouse Row, [1 ...