Boathouse Row -- House 2 -- Fairmount Club / Fairmount Rowing Association
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Boathouse Row Number 2 and 3, Fairmount Rowing Association, n.d.
File — Drawer 7.4
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains photographs of the Fairmount Park system and Philadelphia recreation facilities created between 1855 and 2012, primarily photographic prints with some slides, negatives, contact sheets, and transparencies. The collection consists largely of 8 x 10 inch prints documenting park features such as historic houses, guard boxes, landscapes, construction, and demolition, as well as recreation centers, playgrounds, pools, and recreational programming, though sizes and...
Dates:
undated
East Fairmount Park, Boathouse Row: House 2, Fairmount Rowing Association - early documents, 1877-1880
File — Drawer 2-2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1877-1880
Letter from Hermann W. Roller and others requesting privilege of erecting a stone boat house on that part of the river above the tunnel known as "Fountain Green", 1879 December 30
Item — Drawer 2-2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1879 December 30
Letter from the Committee of the Fairmount Rowing Association requesting permission to erect a stone boat house with a mansard roof on the space between the West Philadelphia Boat Club and the Undine Barge Club, 1879 October 30
Item — Drawer 2-2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1879 October 30
Report of the Committee on Superintendent and Police regarding erecting a shelter for the barges of the Fairmount Rowing Association near Steamboat Landing, 1879 August 8
Item — Drawer 2-2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1879 August 8
Resolution of the Committee on Plans and Improvements relative to the erection of a boat house by the Fairmount Rowing Association near Fountain Green, 1880 April 13
Item — Drawer 2-2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1880 April 13