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| Location | #10 Boathouse Row, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. |
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| Home water | Schuylkill River |
| Established | 1865 |
| Navy admission | 1870 (reinstated 1879)[1] |
| Former names | Washington Barge Club |
Key people | Melissa Hilton (President) |
| Colors | Crimson and Battleship |
| Affiliations | Friends Select, Sacred Heart, Academy of Notre Dame and Germantown Friends School |
| Website | vesperboatclub.org |
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| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 39°58′11″N 75°11′07″W / 39.96962°N 75.18527°W |
| Part of | Vesper Boat Club (ID87000821[2]) |
| Added to NRHP | February 27, 1987 |
The Vesper Boat Club is an amateur rowing club located at #10 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1865 as the Washington Barge Club, the club's name was changed to Vesper Boat Club in 1870.
Vesper's stated goal is "to produce Olympic champions."[3] Most recently,[when?] that goal was achieved by Devery Karz and Kathleen Bertko in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
- ^ Janssen, Frederick W. (August 15, 1888). "Vesper Boat Club". Outing Library of Sports: American Amateur Athletic and Aquatic History 1829–1888. New York. pp. 213–14.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta 2009 Program" (PDF). Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta. 2009. p. 19. Retrieved April 30, 2010.[permanent dead link]