Penn Athletic Club Rowing Association

  and Yellow  AffiliationsThe Shipley School and Monsignor Bonner High SchoolWebsitepennac.org
Penn Athletic Club Rowing Association
U.S. Historic district
Contributing property
39°58′11″N 75°11′19″W / 39.96968°N 75.18856°W / 39.96968; -75.18856Part ofBoat House Row (ID87000821[1])Added to NRHPFebruary 27, 1987

Penn Athletic Club Rowing Association (commonly known as Penn AC) is an amateur rowing club located at #12 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Penn AC was founded in 1871 as the West Philadelphia Boat Club.[2] Penn AC has been a destination for elite rowers looking to make the US National Team, ever since John B. Kelly Sr. joined Penn AC after a schism with his former club, Vesper.[3][4]

Prominent members

Photo gallery

  • Penn AC Rowing Assoc., 12 Boathouse Row, 1972.
    Penn AC Rowing Assoc., 12 Boathouse Row, 1972.
  • Penn AC in 2010.
    Penn AC in 2010.

See also

  • Philadelphia portal

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Sweeney, Joe. "The History of the Penn Athletic Club Rowing Association: Part 3 - Penn AC is Formed". Schuylkill Navy. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
  4. ^ "Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta 2009 Program" (PDF). Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta. 2009. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 12, 2010. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  5. ^ a b c d "USRowing Announces 2008 Olympic Games Roster". USRowing. June 27, 2009. Archived from the original on January 25, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "USRowing Announces 2007 World Championships Roster". USRowing. August 6, 2007. Archived from the original on April 21, 2010. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  7. ^ Jeff McLaughlin sports-reference.com
  8. ^ George Loveless, sports-reference.com
  9. ^ Dan Barrow sports-reference.com
  10. ^ Charley McIlvaine, sports-reference.com
  11. ^ Paul Costello sports-reference.com

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. pp. 664–65. Archived from the original on December 14, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
  • Burt, Nathaniel (1999). "The Schuylkill Navy". The Perennial Philadelphians: the anatomy of an American aristocracy. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 297. ISBN 978-0-8122-1693-6.
  • Heiland, Louis (1938). The Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia, 1858 - 1937. Philadelphia: The Drake Press, Inc. p. 76.
  • Janssen, Frederick W. (August 15, 1888). "West Philadelphia Boat Club". Outing Library of Sports: American Amateur Athletic and Aquatic History 1829-1888. New York. p. 214.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Kelley, Robert F. (1932). American rowing; Its Background and Traditions. G. P. Putnam's sons. pp. 59 & 65.
  • 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.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Penn Athletic Club Rowing Association.
  • "Penn Athletic Club Rowing Association on Boathouse Row". About.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
  • Penn AC on wikimapia.org
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