Undine Barge Club

Undine Barge Club

Motto	Labor ipse voluptas
Motto in English	Labor itself is a pleasure
Location	#13 Boathouse Row, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Home water	Schuylkill River
Established	1856
Navy admission	1858 (founding member)[1]
Key people	John Leonard (President) Michael Naughton (Vice President) George Schaefer (Captain) Christopher McElroy (Navy delegate)
Membership	300[2]
Colors	Yellow   Blue   and White
Affiliations	The Baldwin School and William Penn Charter School
Website	undine.com
Undine Barge Club
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Philadelphia Register of Historic Places
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Location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39.96967°N 75.18894°W / 39.96967; -75.18894 (Undine Barge Club)
Part of	Boathouse 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
• Michael Senf - 2015, Under 23 National Team member (Men's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls)
• Reid Cucci - 2015, 2016 Under 23 National Team member (Men's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls)

Photo gallery

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  13 Boathouse Row in 1972.

References

1. Janssen, Frederick W. (August 15, 1888). "Undine Barge Club". Outing Library of Sports: American Amateur Athletic and Aquatic History 1829-1888. New York. p. 213.
2. "Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta 2009 Program" (PDF). Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta. 2009. p. 18. Retrieved April 30, 2010.^[permanent dead link‍]
3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
4. Heiland, Louis (1938). The Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia, 1858 - 1937. Philadelphia: The Drake Press, Inc. pp. 57–58.
5. Peverelly, Charles A. (1866). "Undine Barge Club". The Book of American Pastimes. New York: Author. pp. 206.
6. "Castle Ringstetten". Undine Barge Club. Retrieved May 28, 2010.
7. "The Boat House". Undine Barge Club. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
8. 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.
9. "USRowing Announces 2009 World Championships Roster". United States Olympic Committee. August 10, 2009. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
10. "USRowing Announces 2007 World Championships Roster". USRowing. August 6, 2007. Archived from the original on April 21, 2010. Retrieved May 5, 2010.

Further reading

• "Boathouse Row". Living Places. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
• "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form". NPS Focus, National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, US Department of the Interior. November 27, 1983. p. 665. Retrieved May 7, 2010.^[permanent dead link‍]
• 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 April 30, 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 June 20, 2010. Retrieved April 30, 2010.

External links

• "Undine Barge Club on Boathouse Row". About.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
• Undine Barge Club on wikimapia.org