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| Location | #2 Boathouse Row, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. |
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| Home water | Schuylkill River |
| Established | 1877 |
| Navy admission | 1916 |
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| Colors | Blue and White |
| Affiliations | La Salle University, Episcopal Academy |
| Website | fairmountrowing.com |
Fairmount Rowing Association | |
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| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 39°58′09″N 75°11′09″W / 39.96923°N 75.18593°W |
| Part of | Boathouse Row (ID87000821[1]) |
| Added to NRHP | 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] In 1916, after decades of being rejected, the club was finally allowed to join the Schuylkill Navy.[3] The Club boasts being known as the "premiere club for Masters rowing in the mid-Atlantic region"[3] and has produced several world class rowers.[4][5][6]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ NPS Focus, National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, US Department of the Interior Archived 2008-07-25 at the Wayback Machine designating buildings 1-15 E. River Dr. (Boathouse Row) as Historic places. Search "Boat House Row" in the Resource Name box.
- ^ a b c Silverberg, Lee (May 19, 2008). "A Very Brief History of the Fairmount Rowing Association". Fairmount Rowing Association. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- ^ Teresa Z. Bell won an Olympic medal in the Lightweight Women’s Double. See Walker, Teresa M. (July 28, 1996). "U.S. Rowing Women Fall Short Of Gold". Washington Post. Retrieved May 1, 2010. Bell was rowing out of Fairmount. See "Schuylkill Navy Honors Philadelphia's National Teamers". Rowing News. Vol. 3, no. 22. December 15–29, 1996. p. 3. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- ^ James Castellan competed in the 1976 olympics. See Hood, Clifton R. (June 2006). "Penn in the Olympics: Penn Athletes Competing in the Olympic Games". University Archives and Records Center, University of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on December 11, 2010. Retrieved May 1, 2010. Castellan is a Fairmount rower. See Silverberg, Lee (May 19, 2008). "A Very Brief History of the Fairmount Rowing Association". Fairmount Rowing Association. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- ^ *Stan Cwiklinski, 1964 US Olympic gold medalist in the Men's Eight, rowed with Fairmount until joining Vesper Boat Club in 1963. See Stan Cwiklinski sports-reference.com Archived 2012-10-25 at the Wayback Machine