Undine Barge Club
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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.A. |
| Home water | Schuylkill River |
| Established | 1856 |
| Navy admission | 1858 (founding member)[1] |
| Membership | 200[2] |
| Colors | Yellow Blue and White |
| Affiliations | The Baldwin School and Haverford School |
| Website | undine.com |
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| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 39°58′11″N 75°11′20″W / 39.96967°N 75.18894°W |
| Part of | Boat House 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]
Prominent members
- Jen Klapper - 2009 US National Team member (Adaptive Mixed Four)[9]
- Mike Naughton 2009 US National Team Coaching Staff[9]
- Meghan Sarbanis - 2009 US National Team member (Lightweight Women's Single Sculls)[9] 2003 US National Team member (Lightweight Women's Pair)
- Joe Quaid - 2007 US National Team Coaching Staff[10]
- Sam Saylor - 2006 National Team member, 2007 US National Team member (Men’s Lightweight Quadruple Sculls)[10]
- Jon D’Alba - 2006 National Team member, 2007 US National Team member (Men’s Lightweight Quadruple Sculls)[10]
- Cody Lowry- 2006 National Team member, 2007 US National Team member (Men’s Lightweight Quadruple Sculls)[10]
- Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg - 2006 National Team member, 2007 US National Team member (Men’s Lightweight Quadruple Sculls),[10] 2010 National Team member
- Andrew Quinn - 2009 US National Team member (Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls)[9] 2008 US National Team member (Men’s Lightweight Quadruple Scull)
- Tim Young- 1996 Olympic Team member, Silver Medalist
Photo gallery
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13 Boathouse Row in 1972.
References
- ^ Janssen, Frederick W. (15 August 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 30 April 2010.
- ^ "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. p. 206.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Castle Ringstetten". Undine Barge Club. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
- ^ "The Boat House". Undine Barge Club. Retrieved 7 May 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.
- ^ a b c d "USRowing Announces 2009 World Championships Roster". United States Olympic Committee. 10 August 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ a b c d e "USRowing Announces 2007 World Championships Roster". USRowing. 6 August 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
Further reading
- "Boathouse Row". Living Places. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form". NPS Focus, National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, US Department of the Interior. 27 November 1983. p. 665. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- Burt, Nathaniel (1999). "The Schuylkill Navy". The Perennial Philadelphians: the anatomy of an American aristocracy. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 296 & 300. ISBN 978-0-8122-1693-6.
- Heiland, Louis (1938). The Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia, 1858 - 1937. Philadelphia: The Drake Press, Inc. p. 78.
- Keyser, K. C. (1872). "The Undine Barge Club". Fairmount Park: Sketches of its Scenery, Waters, and History (5th ed.). Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen, and Haffelfinger. p. 137.
- Scharf, John Thomas; Westcott, Thompson (1884). "Public Squares, Parks, and Monuments". History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884. Vol. 3. L. H. Everts & Company. p. 1871.
- Stillner, Anna (2005). The Philadelphia Girls’ Rowing Club: An Incremental Historic Structure Report (Thesis). p. 105. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- Sweeney, Joe. "The History of the Penn Athletic Club Rowing Association: Part 2 - Beginning of the Clubs". Schuylkill Navy. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
External links
- "Undine Barge Club on Boathouse Row". About.com. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- Undine Barge Club on wikimapia.org
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Categories:
- National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia
- National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania
- Buildings and structures in Philadelphia
- Frank Furness buildings
- Boathouse Row
- Schuylkill Navy
- Sports clubs established in 1856
- 1856 establishments in Pennsylvania
- History of Philadelphia
- Philadelphia Register of Historic Places
- Historic district contributing properties in Pennsylvania
- Boathouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania