Location | #7 Boathouse Row, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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Home water | Schuylkill River |
Established | 1851 |
Navy admission | 1854 (founding member) |
Key people | |
Membership | 250 active members[1] |
Colors | Royal Blue and White |
Affiliations | Chestnut Hill Academy, Springside School, University of Pennsylvania Alumni Rowing, and Head of the Schuylkill |
Website | http://www.universitybarge.com |
University Barge Club of Philadelphia (also known as UBC)[2] is an amateur rowing club located at #7 in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Landmark.[3] The club's founding, in 1854, is considered the "dawn of organized athletics in the University of Pennsylvania."[4] Known as "the upper-class rowing club," UBC is a founder, and the most senior member, of the oldest amateur athletic governing body in the United States, the Schuylkill Navy.[5]