Vesper Boat Club
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 changed its name to Vesper Boat Club in 1870. Vesper's stated goal is "to produce Olympic champions."[2] Most recently, that goal was achieved by Andrew Byrnes and Josh Inman in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Boathouse
In 1873, Vesper, in conjunction with Malta Boat Club, built a 1 1⁄2-story boat house.[3] In 1898, a second floor and addition were added to Vesper, and other renovations have recently been completed.[3] Howard Egar designed the 1898 alterations and additions to the Vesper Boat Club.[4]
Prominent members
See also
References
- ^ Janssen, Frederick W. (15 August 1888). "Vesper Boat Club". Outing Library of Sports: American Amateur Athletic and Aquatic History 1829–1888. New York. pp. 213–14. http://books.google.com/books?id=j2p68grSMFoC&pg=PA213.
- ^ "Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta 2009 Program". Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta. 2009. p. 19. http://www.hosr.org/2009HOSRPROGRAM.pdf. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- ^ a b "National Registry of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form". NPS Focus, National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, US Department of the Interior. 27 November 1983. p. 663. http://image1.nps.gov:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=NHLS&item=Text/87000821.djvu&style=nps/FOCUS-DJview.xsl&wid=640&hei=480&oif=jpeg&props=item(SUMMARY,COPYRIGHT),cat(Name)&page=14. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ "National Registry of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form". NPS Focus, National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, US Department of the Interior. 27 November 1983. p. 674. http://image1.nps.gov:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=NHLS&item=Text/87000821.djvu&style=nps/FOCUS-DJview.xsl&wid=640&hei=480&oif=jpeg&props=item(SUMMARY,COPYRIGHT),cat(Name)&page=23. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ a b "USRowing Announces 2009 World Championships Roster". United States Olympic Committee. 10 August 2009. http://rowing.teamusa.org/news/2009/08/10/usrowing-announces-2009-world-championships-roster/14905. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g "USRowing Announces 2007 World Championships Roster". USRowing. 6 August 2007. http://www.usrowing.org/news_media/pressreleases/detail.aspx?nws_lKey=396. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ a b "USRowing Announces 2008 Olympic Games Roster". USRowing. 27 June 2009. http://www.usrowing.org/news_media/pressreleases/detail.aspx?nws_lKey=538. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ Gene Clapp, sports-reference.com
- ^ Kenneth Dreyfuss, sports-reference.com
- ^ Hugh Stevenson, sports-reference.com
- ^ James Moroney, sports-reference.com
- ^ Stan Cwiklinski sports-reference.com
- ^ Harry Parker, sports-reference.com
- ^ Jack Kelly, Jr., sports-reference.com
Further reading
- "Boathouse Row". Living Places. http://www.livingplaces.com/PA/Philadelphia_County/Philadelphia_City/Boathouse_Row.html. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- Baltzell, E. Digby (2001). "Upper-Class Clubs and Associations in Philadelphia". The Protestant Establishment Revisited. Transaction Publishers. p. 102. ISBN 9780765806642. http://books.google.com/books?id=M9_S2yqcnh0C&pg=PA102.
- Burt, Nathaniel (1999). "The Schuylkill Navy". The Perennial Philadelphians: the anatomy of an American aristocracy. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 296–300. ISBN 9780812216936. http://books.google.com/books?id=L9ueb6r1uXgC&pg=PA296.
- Heiland, Louis (1938). The Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia, 1858 - 1937. Philadelphia: The Drake Press, Inc. p. 83. http://books.google.com/books?id=vRdrOgAACAAJ.
- Keyser, K. C. (1872). "Vesper Boat Club". Fairmount Park: Sketches of its Scenery, Waters, and History (5th ed.). Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen, and Haffelfinger. p. 136. http://books.google.com/books?id=pWKQ8GKMRigC&pg=PA136.
- Peverelly, Charles A. (1866). "Washington Barge Club". The Book of American Pastimes. New York. p. 216. http://books.google.com/books?id=j1cqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA216.
- Scharf, John Thomas; Westcott, Thompson (1884). "Public Squares, Parks, and Monuments". History of Philadelphia, 1609–1884. 3. L. H. Everts & Company. p. 1871. http://books.google.com/books?id=8uYkAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1871.
- Stillner, Anna (2005). The Philadelphia Girls’ Rowing Club: An Incremental Historic Structure Report (Thesis). p. 104. http://repository.upenn.edu/hp_theses/41. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- Sweeney, Joe. "The History of the Penn Athletic Club Rowing Association: Part 2 - Beginning of the Clubs". Schuylkill Navy. http://www.boathouserow.org/pac/pachist2.html. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
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