Detroit Boat Club
March 15 2014 | 10:00am to March 16 2014 | 11:55am
This tour is SOLD OUT. For wait list information, please call 313.833.1801.
175th anniversary of rowing tour!
The Detroit Boat Club Crew was founded in 1839, making them the oldest continually operating rowing club in North America at 175 years. Commemorate this historic Detroit organization with a tour of their home since 2000, the Detroit Boat Club! Since 2001, they have been modestly refurbishing it in order to maintain the stability of a structure so entrenched in the history of Detroit. After several wooden structures had burned to the ground, the Club asked Alpheus W. Chittenden, an architect born in Detroit, to build a structure that could withstand fire. When the current boathouse was dedicated on August 4, 1902, it was the first concrete structure in the United States.
Tickets available to members only until December 23.
Detroit Historical Society member benefits include priority registration for all tours and programs. For information on becoming a member please call Alanna Shahly at 313.833.0158. Call Rebecca McDonald at 313.833.1801for more information.
