''Clara Brown'', also known as John G. Alden Design No. 872, is a historic racing
sloop
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sa ...
located at
Buffalo in
Erie County, New York
Erie County is a county along the shore of Lake Erie in western New York State. As of the 2020 census, the population was 954,236. The county seat is Buffalo, which makes up about 28% of the county's population. Both the county and Lake Erie w ...
. It was designed by
John G. Alden and built by Goudy & Stevens Shipyard in
Boothbay, Maine
Boothbay is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,003 at the 2020 census. It includes the villages of Back Narrows, Dover, East Boothbay, Linekin, Oak Hill, Ocean Point, Spruce Shores, and Trevett. The Boothbay regi ...
. It was designed in 1950 and launched in 1952. She measures in length, in beam, and with her fixed keel has a draft of . She was moved to Buffalo in the mid-1980s after sailing on
Lake Champlain
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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2013.
References
External links
National Register of Historic Places Program Featured PropertyBuffalo Rising: Sail Buffalo’s floating classroom arrives…
Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Buildings and structures completed in 1952
Buildings and structures in Buffalo, New York
National Register of Historic Places in Buffalo, New York
Transportation in Erie County, New York
Sailboat type designs by Alden Designs
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