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The Potomac Boat Club is a rowing club on the 
The boat club hosts both private members, as well serving as a base for the Washington-Liberty High School crew team.
The facade of the club faces the Potomac River. The rear elevation faces K Street, which terminates at the Club. The first floor of the building is used for boat and oar storage. The second floor of the original building is broken into a ballroom, board room, and locker rooms. The second floor of the addition is used for additional locker rooms and a shop. The building was rehabilitated by Williams & Dynerman in 1989.
Adjacent to the boathouse, the remaining abutment of the demolished
Potomac River
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in Washington, DC
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. It was established in , originally as the Potomac Barge Club. The club provides a rowing hub for around 300 senior members, ranging in ability from recreational rowers to professional athletes.
The boat club hosts both private members, as well serving as a base for the Washington-Liberty High School crew team.
Boathouse
The club’s current building, a two story, wooden, craftsman style structure completed in 1908, was listed on theNational 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 1991Betty Bird, 1989,
The facade of the club faces the Potomac River. The rear elevation faces K Street, which terminates at the Club. The first floor of the building is used for boat and oar storage. The second floor of the original building is broken into a ballroom, board room, and locker rooms. The second floor of the addition is used for additional locker rooms and a shop. The building was rehabilitated by Williams & Dynerman in 1989.
Adjacent to the boathouse, the remaining abutment of the demolished Aqueduct Bridge Aqueduct Bridge may refer to:
* Aqueduct Bridge (Clay City, Indiana), U.S.
* Aqueduct Bridge (New York City), now called High Bridge, New York, U.S.
* Aqueduct Bridge (Potomac River), between Georgetown, Washington, D.C. and Rosslyn, Virginia, U.S. ...
provides shelter for rowing shells belonging to members of the club.
Notable club coaches and rowers
The history of the club is linked with a number of high profile coaches and athletes who have made significant contributions to the sport of competitive rowing.Charles E. Courtney
Charles Edward Courtney (November 13, 1849 – July 17, 1920) was an American rower and rowing coach from Union Springs, New York. A carpenter by trade, Courtney was a nationally known amateur rower. Courtney never lost a race as an amateur an ...
served as club coach between 1881 and 1885, a controversial professional athlete, but later coach of the Cornell University’s men’s crew team that dominated the early years of competitive rowing in the Intercollegiate Rowing Association
The Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) governs intercollegiate rowing between varsity men's heavyweight, men's lightweight, and women's lightweight rowing programs across the United States, while the NCAA fulfills this role for women's ope ...
. Many decades later, Charlie Butt, head coach of the storied Washington-Liberty High School crew team was instrumental in promoting rowing as a school sport. The Charlie Butt Scullers’ Head of the Potomac Regatta continues to be held annually on the Potomac River for scholastic crews.
Potomac Boat Club members Larry Hough and Tony Johnson, won the silver medal in coxless pairs
A coxless pair is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars.
The crew consists of a pair of rowers, each having one oar, one on the stroke side (rower's right h ...
at the 1968 Olympics.
See also
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C.References
External links
* * 1859 establishments in the United States Buildings and structures completed in 1908 Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) Rowing clubs in the United States {{US-sport-org-stub