Bachelors Barge Club

Bachelors Barge Club
Location#6 Boathouse Row, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Home waterSchuylkill River
Established1853
Navy admission1859 (reinstated 1882)[1]
Key people
  • James A. Meadowcroft (President)
  • Henry Hauptfuhrer (Captain)
  • John Rice (Treasurer)
  • Margaret Gordon (Coach)
Membership150[2]
ColorsNavy   and Red  
AffiliationsConestoga High School and Drexel University
Websitebachelorsbargeclub.org
Bachelors Barge Club
Bachelors Barge Club is located in Pennsylvania
Bachelors Barge Club
Bachelors Barge Club is located in the United States
Bachelors Barge Club
LocationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates39°58′11″N 75°11′07″W / 39.96978°N 75.18527°W / 39.96978; -75.18527
Part ofBoathouse Row (ID87000821[3])
Added to NRHPFebruary 27, 1987

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 boathouses.[5] Bachelors Barge Club is currently home to several programs, including the Conestoga High School Crew Team,[6] and the Drexel University Crew Team,[7] among several others.

  1. ^ "Boathouse Row". Living Places. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  2. ^ 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]
  3. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  4. ^ "The Stotesbury Cup Regatta". Stotesbury.com. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  5. ^ "LEDs Rejuvenate Philly's Boathouse Row". Live Design. July 11, 2005. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  6. ^ "About Us, History". Conestoga High School Crew. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  7. ^ "Drexel Crew to Row Out of Historic Bachelors Barge Club". Drexel University Athletics. Retrieved May 5, 2010.