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Vesper Boat Club

January 31, 2023

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 changed its name to Vesper Boat Club in 1870. Vesper's stated goal is "to produce Olympic champions."[3] Most recently, that goal was achieved by Devery Karz and Kathleen Bertko in the 2016 Summer Olympics

Vesper Boat Club
Location#10 Boathouse Row, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Home waterSchuylkill River
Established1865
Navy admission1870 (reinstated 1879)[1]
Former namesWashington Barge Club
Key people
Melissa Hilton (President)
ColorsCrimson   and Battleship  
AffiliationsFriends Select, Sacred Heart, Academy of Notre Dame and Germantown Friends School
Websitevesperboatclub.org
Undine Barge Club
LocationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
CoordinatesCoordinates: 39°58′11″N 75°11′07″W / 39.96962°N 75.18527°W / 39.96962; -75.18527
Part ofVesper Boat Club (ID87000821[2])
Added to NRHPFebruary 27, 1987

History

The Vesper Boat Club had its beginning on Feb. 22, 1865 – a decade into the flourishing of rowing clubs on Philadelphia's Schuylkill River – with the founding of the Washington Barge Club. Five years later, on Jan 1, 1870, it changed its name to Vesper Boat Club and quickly became one of the most celebrated rowing clubs in the United States and the world.

Vesper's eight-oared shell took the gold medal in Paris at the 1900 Summer Olympics. The Vesper eight repeated its victory at the 1904 games in St. Louis. And at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Vesper's eight won again, making it the only rowing club in the United States to win the title three times.

Perhaps the best-known names associated with the Vesper Club are John B. Kelly Sr., an Irish-American brickworks owner who became influential in city politics and his son, John B. Kelly Jr., a city councilman and brother to Princess Grace of Monaco.

Kelly Sr. won Olympic Gold in the single scull in 1920. He also won gold medals in the double scull in 1920 and in 1924, both times with his cousin Paul Costello. As a laborer Kelly was barred from entering the 1920 Diamond Sculls at the Royal Henley Regatta. It was two decades later that John B. Kelly Jr. would win that event, in 1947 and 1949. Kelly Jr. won the national singles championship eight times. At the time of his death in 1985, he. was president of the United States Olympic Committee.

Under the coaching of such greats as Jim Manning, Dr. Charles W. Riggall, Allan Rosenberg and Dietrich Rose, many other Vesper members have gone on to cumulatively win more national and international races than any club in the United States.

After a century of accomplishments for the men, Vesper in 1970 became the first men's club to organize a women's rowing team. (Philadelphia Girls Rowing Club in 1968 pioneered women's rowing in the United States.) Vesper women have consistently won national championships and have regularly represented the United States in international competition. At the Montreal Olympics in 1976, six Vesper members were on the USA Olympic Rowing Team.

Boathouse

 
Vesper Boat Club,
#10 Boathouse Row, 1972

The present clubhouse was constructed in combination with neighboring Malta Boat Club, with the Vesper cornerstone dated 1865. The first building was completed in 1865. The boathouse was designed by noted Philadelphia architect G.H. Hewitt. The architecture – semi -attached ornamental Victorian Gothic is typical of that period and members who were tradesmen constructed the original building with local building materials. The second boat bay addition was in 1898, and the last was completed in the early 1960s.

In 1873, Vesper, in conjunction with Malta Boat Club, built a 1+1⁄2-story boat house.[4] In 1898, a second floor and addition were added to Vesper, and other renovations have recently been completed.[4] Howard Egar designed the 1898 alterations and additions to the Vesper Boat Club.[5]

Prominent members

  • Harry Parker - 1960 US Olympic Team[6] and US Olympic Coach 1964–1984
  • Allen Rosenberg - rower and US Olympic rowing coach
  • Kenneth Dreyfuss - 1972 US Olympic Team[7]
  • C. Hugh Stevenson – 1972 US Olympic Team[8]
  • James E. Moroney III - 1972 & 1976 US Olympic Teams[9]
  • Michiel Bartman - 2009 and 2007 US National Team Coaching Staff[10][11]
  • Dan Scholz - 2009 US National Team member (Lightweight Men's Quadruple Sculls)[10]
  • Julie Nichols - 2008 US Olympic Team member (Alternate)[12]
  • Josh Inman - 2008 US Olympic Team and 2007 US National Team member (Stroke in Men's Eight)[11][12]
  • Libby (Elizabeth) Peters - 2008 US National Team member (Women's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls)[11]
  • Wendy Tripician - 2007 US National Team member (Women's Lightweight Double Sculls)[11]
  • Jana Heere - 2007 US National Team member (Women's Lightweight Double Sculls)[11]
  • Hannah Moore - 2007 US National Team member (Women's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls)[11]
  • Carey Brezler - 2007 US National Team member (Women's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls)[11]
  • Mary Jones - 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 US National Team member (Pan Am Games Women's Lightweight Single Sculls Gold Medalist, World Championship Women's Lightweight Single Sculls, World Championship Women's Lightweight Double Sculls, Silver Medalist. )[13]
  • Julia Lonchar - 2019 US National Team Member (Pan Am Games Women's Double Sculls, silver. Women's Quadruple Sculls, bronze )
  • Yohann Rigogne - 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 US National Team Member (Men's Coxed Pair, Men's 8+, Men's Single Sculls)
  • Zachary Heese - 2018 Under 23 US National Team Member (Men's Lightweight Single Sculls), 2019 US National Team Member (Men's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls), 2021 US Olympic Trials (1st place, Men's Lightweight Double Sculls)
  • Jasper Liu - 2019 US National Team Member (Men's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls), 2021 US Olympic Trials (1st place, Men's Lightweight Double Sculls)
  • Kieran Edwards - 2019 Under 23 US National Team Member (Men's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls)
  • Michelle Sechser - 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 US National Team Member (Women's Lightweight Single Sculls, Quadruple Sculls, Double Sculls - bronze medalist), 2021 US Olympic Trials (1st place, Women's Lightweight Double Sculls)
  • Solveig Imsdahl - 2012 Under 23 US National Team (Women's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls), 2019 Pan Am Games US National Team (Women's Coxless Pair. Women's Quadruple Sculls, bronze)
  • Elizabeth Euiler - 2019 Pan American Games US National Team (Women's Coxless Pair)
  • Jonathan Kierkegaard - 2017 US National Team Member (Men's Quadruple Sculls), Henley Royal Regatta (Men's Quadruple Sculls, gold medalist), 2021 Us Olympic Trials (1st place, Men's Double Sculls)
  • Logan Smith - 2019 Pan American Games US National Team (Men's Coxless Pair, Men's 8+)
  • James Garay - 2019 Pan American Games US National Team (Men's Coxless Pair, Men's 8+)
  • Katherine McFetridge - 2015 Pan American Games (Women's Single Sculls, gold)
  • Nicole Ritchie - 2015 Pan American Games (Women's Double Sculls, silver. Women's Quadruple Sculls, silver)
  • Lindsay Meyer[14][failed verification] - 2008 US Olympic Team (Women's Quadruple Sculls), 2015 Pan American Games (Women's Double Sculls, silver. Women's Quadruple Sculls, silver)

Olympic medalists

See also

References

  1. ^ Janssen, Frederick W. (15 August 1888). "Vesper Boat Club". Outing Library of Sports: American Amateur Athletic and Aquatic History 1829–1888. New York. pp. 213–14.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  3. ^ "Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta 2009 Program" (PDF). Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta. 2009. p. 19. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
  4. ^ a b . NPS Focus, National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, US Department of the Interior. 27 November 1983. p. 663. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  5. ^ . NPS Focus, National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, US Department of the Interior. 27 November 1983. p. 674. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
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  10. ^ a b "USRowing Announces 2009 World Championships Roster". United States Olympic Committee. 10 August 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g . USRowing. 6 August 2007. Archived from the original on April 21, 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  12. ^ a b . USRowing. 27 June 2009. Archived from the original on January 25, 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  13. ^ "Mary Jones' USRowing Bio". USRowing. Retrieved 29 Jan 2018.
  14. ^ https://www.teamusa.org/us-rowing/athletes/lindsay-meyer[bare URL]
  15. ^ sports-reference.com
  16. ^ sports-reference.com
  17. ^ sports-reference.com
  18. ^ sports-reference.com
  19. ^ "Yanks Nab Henley Rowing" The Palm Beach Post. 5 July 1969

Further reading

  • "Boathouse Row". Living Places. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
  • 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.
  • 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. 83.
  • Keyser, K. C. (1872). "Vesper Boat Club". Fairmount Park: Sketches of its Scenery, Waters, and History (5th ed.). Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen, and Haffelfinger. p. 136.
  • Peverelly, Charles A. (1866). "Washington Barge Club". The Book of American Pastimes. New York: Author. p. 216.
  • 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. 104. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
  • Sweeney, Joe. . Schuylkill Navy. Archived from the original on 20 June 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2010.

External links

  • "Vesper Boat Club on Boathouse Row". About.com. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
  • "Vesper Boat Club". Facebook. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
  • Vesper Boat Club on wikimapia.com

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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 changed its name to Vesper Boat Club in 1870 Vesper s stated goal is to produce Olympic champions 3 Most recently that goal was achieved by Devery Karz and Kathleen Bertko in the 2016 Summer OlympicsVesper Boat ClubLocation 10 Boathouse Row Philadelphia Pennsylvania U S A Home waterSchuylkill RiverEstablished1865Navy admission1870 reinstated 1879 1 Former namesWashington Barge ClubKey peopleMelissa Hilton President ColorsCrimson and Battleship AffiliationsFriends Select Sacred Heart Academy of Notre Dame and Germantown Friends SchoolWebsitevesperboatclub orgUndine Barge ClubU S Historic districtContributing propertyPhiladelphia Register of Historic PlacesShow map of PennsylvaniaShow map of the United StatesLocationPhiladelphia PennsylvaniaCoordinatesCoordinates 39 58 11 N 75 11 07 W 39 96962 N 75 18527 W 39 96962 75 18527Part ofVesper Boat Club ID87000821 2 Added to NRHPFebruary 27 1987 Contents 1 History 2 Boathouse 3 Prominent members 4 Olympic medalists 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksHistory EditThe Vesper Boat Club had its beginning on Feb 22 1865 a decade into the flourishing of rowing clubs on Philadelphia s Schuylkill River with the founding of the Washington Barge Club Five years later on Jan 1 1870 it changed its name to Vesper Boat Club and quickly became one of the most celebrated rowing clubs in the United States and the world Vesper s eight oared shell took the gold medal in Paris at the 1900 Summer Olympics The Vesper eight repeated its victory at the 1904 games in St Louis And at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics Vesper s eight won again making it the only rowing club in the United States to win the title three times Perhaps the best known names associated with the Vesper Club are John B Kelly Sr an Irish American brickworks owner who became influential in city politics and his son John B Kelly Jr a city councilman and brother to Princess Grace of Monaco Kelly Sr won Olympic Gold in the single scull in 1920 He also won gold medals in the double scull in 1920 and in 1924 both times with his cousin Paul Costello As a laborer Kelly was barred from entering the 1920 Diamond Sculls at the Royal Henley Regatta It was two decades later that John B Kelly Jr would win that event in 1947 and 1949 Kelly Jr won the national singles championship eight times At the time of his death in 1985 he was president of the United States Olympic Committee Under the coaching of such greats as Jim Manning Dr Charles W Riggall Allan Rosenberg and Dietrich Rose many other Vesper members have gone on to cumulatively win more national and international races than any club in the United States After a century of accomplishments for the men Vesper in 1970 became the first men s club to organize a women s rowing team Philadelphia Girls Rowing Club in 1968 pioneered women s rowing in the United States Vesper women have consistently won national championships and have regularly represented the United States in international competition At the Montreal Olympics in 1976 six Vesper members were on the USA Olympic Rowing Team Boathouse Edit Vesper Boat Club 10 Boathouse Row 1972 The present clubhouse was constructed in combination with neighboring Malta Boat Club with the Vesper cornerstone dated 1865 The first building was completed in 1865 The boathouse was designed by noted Philadelphia architect G H Hewitt The architecture semi attached ornamental Victorian Gothic is typical of that period and members who were tradesmen constructed the original building with local building materials The second boat bay addition was in 1898 and the last was completed in the early 1960s In 1873 Vesper in conjunction with Malta Boat Club built a 1 1 2 story boat house 4 In 1898 a second floor and addition were added to Vesper and other renovations have recently been completed 4 Howard Egar designed the 1898 alterations and additions to the Vesper Boat Club 5 Prominent members EditHarry Parker 1960 US Olympic Team 6 and US Olympic Coach 1964 1984 Allen Rosenberg rower and US Olympic rowing coach Kenneth Dreyfuss 1972 US Olympic Team 7 C Hugh Stevenson 1972 US Olympic Team 8 James E Moroney III 1972 amp 1976 US Olympic Teams 9 Michiel Bartman 2009 and 2007 US National Team Coaching Staff 10 11 Dan Scholz 2009 US National Team member Lightweight Men s Quadruple Sculls 10 Julie Nichols 2008 US Olympic Team member Alternate 12 Josh Inman 2008 US Olympic Team and 2007 US National Team member Stroke in Men s Eight 11 12 Libby Elizabeth Peters 2008 US National Team member Women s Lightweight Quadruple Sculls 11 Wendy Tripician 2007 US National Team member Women s Lightweight Double Sculls 11 Jana Heere 2007 US National Team member Women s Lightweight Double Sculls 11 Hannah Moore 2007 US National Team member Women s Lightweight Quadruple Sculls 11 Carey Brezler 2007 US National Team member Women s Lightweight Quadruple Sculls 11 Mary Jones 2015 2016 2017 2018 US National Team member Pan Am Games Women s Lightweight Single Sculls Gold Medalist World Championship Women s Lightweight Single Sculls World Championship Women s Lightweight Double Sculls Silver Medalist 13 Julia Lonchar 2019 US National Team Member Pan Am Games Women s Double Sculls silver Women s Quadruple Sculls bronze Yohann Rigogne 2014 2015 2016 2017 US National Team Member Men s Coxed Pair Men s 8 Men s Single Sculls Zachary Heese 2018 Under 23 US National Team Member Men s Lightweight Single Sculls 2019 US National Team Member Men s Lightweight Quadruple Sculls 2021 US Olympic Trials 1st place Men s Lightweight Double Sculls Jasper Liu 2019 US National Team Member Men s Lightweight Quadruple Sculls 2021 US Olympic Trials 1st place Men s Lightweight Double Sculls Kieran Edwards 2019 Under 23 US National Team Member Men s Lightweight Quadruple Sculls Michelle Sechser 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 US National Team Member Women s Lightweight Single Sculls Quadruple Sculls Double Sculls bronze medalist 2021 US Olympic Trials 1st place Women s Lightweight Double Sculls Solveig Imsdahl 2012 Under 23 US National Team Women s Lightweight Quadruple Sculls 2019 Pan Am Games US National Team Women s Coxless Pair Women s Quadruple Sculls bronze Elizabeth Euiler 2019 Pan American Games US National Team Women s Coxless Pair Jonathan Kierkegaard 2017 US National Team Member Men s Quadruple Sculls Henley Royal Regatta Men s Quadruple Sculls gold medalist 2021 Us Olympic Trials 1st place Men s Double Sculls Logan Smith 2019 Pan American Games US National Team Men s Coxless Pair Men s 8 James Garay 2019 Pan American Games US National Team Men s Coxless Pair Men s 8 Katherine McFetridge 2015 Pan American Games Women s Single Sculls gold Nicole Ritchie 2015 Pan American Games Women s Double Sculls silver Women s Quadruple Sculls silver Lindsay Meyer 14 failed verification 2008 US Olympic Team Women s Quadruple Sculls 2015 Pan American Games Women s Double Sculls silver Women s Quadruple Sculls silver Olympic medalists EditLouis Abell gold medalist 1900 and 1904 John Exley gold medalist 1900 and 1904 James Juvenal gold medalist 1900 and silver medalist 1904 Edward Marsh gold medalist 1900 Harry Lott 1904 gold medalist Stanley Cwiklinski 1964 Eights gold medalist 15 Hugh Foley 1964 Eights gold medalist 16 Gene Clapp 1972 Men s eights silver medalist 17 John B Kelly Jr Bronze medal 1956 Also competed in 1948 1952 and 1960 18 Bill Maher 1968 Men s Double Sculls bronze medal Rowed for VBC in 1969 19 See also Edit Philadelphia portalJohn B Kelly Sr John Strotbeck Jr John TimoneyReferences Edit Janssen Frederick W 15 August 1888 Vesper Boat Club Outing Library of Sports American Amateur Athletic and Aquatic History 1829 1888 New York pp 213 14 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 30 April 2010 a b 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 663 Archived from the original on 27 February 2014 Retrieved 7 May 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 674 Archived from the original on 29 October 2013 Retrieved 7 May 2010 Harry Parker sports reference com Kenneth Dreyfuss sports reference com Hugh Stevenson sports reference com James Moroney sports reference com a b USRowing Announces 2009 World Championships Roster United States Olympic Committee 10 August 2009 Retrieved 5 May 2010 a b c d e f g USRowing Announces 2007 World Championships Roster USRowing 6 August 2007 Archived from the original on April 21 2010 Retrieved 5 May 2010 a b USRowing Announces 2008 Olympic Games Roster USRowing 27 June 2009 Archived from the original on January 25 2009 Retrieved 5 May 2010 Mary Jones USRowing Bio USRowing Retrieved 29 Jan 2018 https www teamusa org us rowing athletes lindsay meyer bare URL Stan Cwiklinski sports reference com Hugh Foley sports reference com Gene Clapp sports reference com Jack Kelly Jr sports reference com Yanks Nab Henley Rowing The Palm Beach Post 5 July 1969Further reading Edit Boathouse Row Living Places Retrieved 30 April 2010 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 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 83 Keyser K C 1872 Vesper Boat Club Fairmount Park Sketches of its Scenery Waters and History 5th ed Philadelphia Claxton Remsen and Haffelfinger p 136 Peverelly Charles A 1866 Washington Barge Club The Book of American Pastimes New York Author p 216 Scharf John Thomas Westcott Thompson 1884 Public Squares Parks and Monuments History of Philadelphia 1609 1884 Vol 3 L H Everts amp Company p 1871 Stillner Anna 2005 The Philadelphia Girls Rowing Club An Incremental Historic Structure Report Thesis p 104 Retrieved 30 April 2010 Sweeney Joe The History of the Penn Athletic Club Rowing Association Part 2 Beginning of the Clubs Schuylkill Navy Archived from the original on 20 June 2010 Retrieved 30 April 2010 External links Edit Vesper Boat Club on Boathouse Row About com Retrieved 6 May 2010 Vesper Boat Club Facebook Retrieved 6 May 2010 Vesper Boat Club on wikimapia com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index 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