Crescent Boat Club

Crescent Boat Club
Established	1867
Navy admission	1868
President	Joe Ferry
Vice President]	Bill Shea
Secretary	Keith Pellicone
Treasurer	Rob Stack
Captain	jack Lees
Navy Delegate	Tom Bryan
Coaches	ray D'Amico, Roger Ross, Chris Bratton
Lieutenants	Tom Bryan
Location	#5 Boathouse Row, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Home water	Schuylkill River
Former names	Pickwick Barge Club and Iona Barge Club
Colors	Red      and White
Affiliated programs	Roman Catholic High School and Merion Mercy Academy
Website	crescentboatclub.org

Crescent Boat Club is an American amateur rowing club located at #5 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1867^[1] when Pickwick Barge Club^[2] and Iona Barge Club merged.^[3][4] Crescent Boat Club joined the Schuylkill Navy in 1868. In 1871, Crescent Boat Club competed in and won the doubles event in the first ever regatta of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen, an event "which undoubtably helped the sport greatly."^[5]

The boathouse

Balderston's sketch of Crescent after renovations

Between 1869 and 1871, Crescent erected a boathouse with Pennsylvania Barge Club.^[6] Today, the Club's boathouse exhibits the work of renowned Philadelphia architect, Charles Balderston.^[7][8] From 1890 to 1891, Crescent made alterations and additions, designed by Balderston, to the 1871 building.^[9] The boathouse was initially two stories and stone, but Balderston's design added the upper stories of half-timbered brick and stucco, which cap the building today.^[6]

Post World War II

As a result of World War II, the club suffered a drastic reduction in membership. In 1951, Crescent turned the operation of its boat house over to LaSalle Rowing Association.^[10] The Club was known as LaSalle Rowing Association until 1960.^[11] By 1974, the boat house was vacant.^[6] Under the leadership of John Wilkins, the house was later reoccupied by Crescent.^[8] In addition to hosting LaSalle's team, Crescent also hosted the St. Joseph's University women's team. Crescent has the smallest membership of the clubs in the Schuylkill Navy.^[12]

Photo gallery

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  1871 structure c. 1873-74 before 1890 additions.

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  Crescent Boat Club,
  #5 Boathouse Row in 1972.

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  Crescent Boat Club in 2010.

References

Philadelphia portal

1. ^ Scharf, John Thomas; Westcott, Thompson (1884). "Public Squares, Parks, and Monuments". History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884. 3. L. H. Everts & Company. p. 1871. http://books.google.com/books?id=8uYkAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1871. 
2. ^ Pickwick Barge Club was founded in 1865. Peverelly, Charles A. (1866). "Pickwick Barge Club". The Book of American Pastimes. New York. p. 217. http://books.google.com/books?id=j1cqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA217. 
3. ^ Keyser, K. C. (1872). "Fairmount Park". Fairmount Park: Sketches of its Scenery, Waters, and History (5th ed.). Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen, and Haffelfinger. p. 21. http://books.google.com/books?id=pWKQ8GKMRigC&pg=PA21. 
4. ^ "Crescent Boat Club, History". Crescent Boat Club. http://www.crescentboatclub.org. Retrieved 3 May 2010. 
5. ^ Crowther, Samuel; Arthur Brown Ruhl (1905). "The Association of Amateur Oarsmen". Rowing and Track Athletics. New York: MacMillan. pp. 165–66. http://books.google.com/books?id=vxULAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA165. 
6. ^ ^{a b c} "National Registry 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. 661. http://image1.nps.gov:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=NHLS&item=Text/87000821.djvu&style=nps/FOCUS-DJview.xsl&wid=640&hei=480&oif=jpeg&props=item(SUMMARY,COPYRIGHT),cat(Name)&page=12. Retrieved 7 May 2010. 
7. ^ "Crescent Boat Club, Collection of 19th Century Architecture Images, Places in Time: Historical Documentation of Place in Greater Philadelphia". William A. Keely Collection, Bryn Mawr College. http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/ajnls/kmag.html. Retrieved 3 May 2010. 
8. ^ ^{a b} "Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta 2009 Program". Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta. 2009. p. 18. http://www.hosr.org/2009HOSRPROGRAM.pdf. Retrieved 30 April 2010. 
9. ^ "National Registry 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. http://image1.nps.gov:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=NHLS&item=Text/87000821.djvu&style=nps/FOCUS-DJview.xsl&wid=640&hei=480&oif=jpeg&props=item(SUMMARY,COPYRIGHT),cat(Name)&page=23. Retrieved 7 May 2010. 
10. ^ "Boathouse Row". Living Places. http://www.livingplaces.com/PA/Philadelphia_County/Philadelphia_City/Boathouse_Row.html. Retrieved 30 April 2010. 
11. ^ Sweeney, Joe. "The History of the Penn Athletic Club Rowing Association: Part 2 - Beginning of the Clubs". Schuylkill Navy. http://www.boathouserow.org/pac/pachist2.html. Retrieved 30 April 2010. 
12. ^ "Crescent Boat Club". Schuylkill Navy. http://www.boathouserow.org/clubs/crescent.html. Retrieved 30 April 2010. 

Further reading

• Heiland, Louis (1938). The Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia, 1858 - 1937. Philadelphia: The Drake Press, Inc. p. 67. http://books.google.com/books?id=vRdrOgAACAAJ. 
• Janssen, Frederick W. (15 August 1888). "Crescent Boat Club". Outing Library of Sports: American Amateur Athletic and Aquatic History 1829-1888. New York. p. 211. http://books.google.com/books?id=j2p68grSMFoC&pg=PA211. 
• Keyser, K. C. (1872). "The Crescent Boat Club". Fairmount Park: Sketches of its Scenery, Waters, and History (5th ed.). Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen, and Haffelfinger. pp. 133–34. http://books.google.com/books?id=pWKQ8GKMRigC&pg=PA133. 
• Stillner, Anna (2005). The Philadelphia Girls’ Rowing Club: An Incremental Historic Structure Report (Thesis). p. 102. http://repository.upenn.edu/hp_theses/41. Retrieved 30 April 2010. 

External links

• Crescent Boat Club on wikimapia.org

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