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Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club

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Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club
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Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club, # 14 Boathouse Row
Location#14 Boathouse Row, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Home waterSchuylkill River
Established1938
Navy admission1967[1]
Key people
Sophie Socha (President)
ColorsRoyal Blue   and White  
AffiliationsAgnes Irwin School
Websitephiladelphiagirlsrowingclub.com
Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club
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LocationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Built1860
Part ofBoathouse Row (ID87000821[2])
Added to NRHPFebruary 27, 1987

Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club (commonly abbreviated PGRC) is an amateur rowing club located at #14 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the oldest all-female rowing club in existence.[3] Built in 1860, the club's boathouse is the oldest structure on Boathouse Row,[1] which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Landmark.[4]

PGRC was founded in 1938 by seventeen women (mostly wives of oarsmen at other clubs) who wanted to participate in the then predominantly male sport of rowing.[1][3]

History of the boathouse

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In 1860, Philadelphia City Council authorized construction of the structure that is now #14 Boathouse Row for the purpose of housing the Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society.[5]

Architect, James C. Sidney, designed the building to provide for the Skating Club, but also included a basement facility to store boats for neighboring rowing clubs whose boat houses were scheduled to be removed by the city.[6] Samuel Sloan, a well-known Philadelphia architect, likely influenced the design of #14 Boathouse Row with his rendering of "Italian Villa," Plate XXIV, in his book "Model Architect."[7] The construction cost $4,900 and was completed in 1861.[8]

The Undine and University Barge Clubs housed their boats at the Philadelphia Skating Club building until the city permitted them to build their own structures in 1882 and 1871, respectively.[9] From 1884 through 1895, the second Iona Boat Club (now defunct) occupied the space in the building left vacant by Undine Barge Club.[9]

With the advent of artificially frozen indoor skating rinks at the beginning of the 20th century, skating on the Schuylkill River declined precipitously.[10] In 1965, PGRC purchased the boathouse from the Philadelphia Skating Club.[11]

Occupant timeline

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See also

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Further reading

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  • PGRC on wikimapia.org

References

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  1. ^ a b c Stillner, p. 105
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  5. ^ Stillner, p. 5
  6. ^ Stillner, pp. 21-22
  7. ^ Stillner, p. 24
  8. ^ Stillner, p. 22
  9. ^ a b Stillner, p. 28
  10. ^ Stillner, p. 29
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