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| Location | #7 Boathouse Row, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Home water | Schuylkill River |
| Established | 1851 |
| Navy admission | 1854 (founding member) |
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| 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]
- ^ "University Barge Club". University Barge Club. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
- ^ Thayer, John B. (June 1904). "The Early Years of the University Barge Club of Philadelphia". The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Vol. 29. Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania. pp. 287–88.
- ^ "Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State" (PDF). National Historic Landmarks Survey, National Park Service. p. 81. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 24, 2009. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
- ^ Thayer, John B. (June 1904). "The Early Years of the University Barge Club of Philadelphia". The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Vol. 29. Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania. p. 284.
- ^ Baltzell, E. Digby (2001). "Upper-Class Clubs and Associations in Philadelphia". The Protestant Establishment Revisited. Transaction Publishers. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-7658-0664-2.