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| Motto | Labor ipse voluptas |
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| Motto in English | Labor itself is a pleasure |
| Location | #13 Boathouse Row, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Home water | Schuylkill River |
| Established | 1856 |
| Navy admission | 1858 (founding member)[1] |
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| Membership | 300[2] |
| Colors | Yellow Blue and White |
| Affiliations | The Baldwin School and William Penn Charter School |
| Website | undine.com |
Undine Barge Club | |
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| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 39°58′11″N 75°11′20″W / 39.96967°N 75.18894°W |
| Part of | Boathouse Row (ID87000821[3]) |
| 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 member, Mr. B. F. Van dyke, was elected to represent the club as secretary treasurer of the Navy from its birth in 1858.[4] In 1860, Undine purchased Keystone Barge Club's (the 1st) boat and equipment, as Keystone had disposed of its boathouse.[5]
The club's name is derived from the Legend of Undine, and the club has an upriver house for social functions named Castle Ringstetten, which is the name of the castle in the legend.[6] The boathouse and Castle Ringstetten were designed by renowned Victorian-era architect Frank Furness and exemplify his original ideas that laid the foundation for modern architecture.[7][8]
- ^ Janssen, Frederick W. (August 15, 1888). "Undine Barge Club". Outing Library of Sports: American Amateur Athletic and Aquatic History 1829-1888. New York. p. 213.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta 2009 Program" (PDF). Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta. 2009. p. 18. Retrieved April 30, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ Heiland, Louis (1938). The Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia, 1858 - 1937. Philadelphia: The Drake Press, Inc. pp. 57–58.
- ^ Peverelly, Charles A. (1866). "Undine Barge Club". The Book of American Pastimes. New York: Author. pp. 206.
- ^ "Castle Ringstetten". Undine Barge Club. Retrieved May 28, 2010.
- ^ "The Boat House". Undine Barge Club. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
- ^ Beischer, Thomas G. (July 2006). "Control and Competition: The Architecture of Boathouse Row". The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography'. Vol. 130. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. p. 299.