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== The Boathouses == The 15 boathouses, from south to north, are: {| class="wikitable" ! No. !! Boathouse !! Year Built !! Architectural Style |- | 1 || '''#1 Undine Barge Club''' || 1882 || Romanesque Revival |- | 2 || '''#2 Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club''' || 1860 || Victorian Gothic |- | 3 || '''#3 Malta Boat Club''' || 1860 || Italianate |- | 4 || '''#4 Vesper Boat Club''' || 1865 || Gothic Revival |- | 5 || '''#5 Bachelors Barge Club''' || 1893 || Colonial Revival |- | 6 || '''#6 University Barge Club''' || 1871 || Queen Anne |- | 7 || '''#7 Crescent Boat Club''' || 1869 || Victorian |- | 8 || '''#8 Philadelphia Skating Club & Humane Society''' || 1860 || Victorian |- | 9 || '''#9 Penn Athletic Club Rowing Association''' || 1874 || Romanesque |- | 10 || '''#10 College Boat Club''' || 1875 || Victorian |- | 11 || '''#11 Fairmount Rowing Association''' || 1905 || Colonial Revival |- | 12 || '''#12 Sedgeley Club''' || 1902 || Colonial Revival |- | 13 || '''#13 Pennsylvania Barge Club''' || 1863 || Victorian |- | 14 || '''#14 Lloyd Hall''' || 1998 || Modern (recreation center) |- | 15 || '''#15 Peter J. Keller Boathouse''' || 2010 || Modern (Temple University) |} === Notable Clubs === ==== Vesper Boat Club ==== Founded in 1865, Vesper has produced more Olympic medalists than any other American rowing club. The club's most famous crew won gold at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, an underdog victory that became the subject of the book and film "The Boys in the Boat." ==== Undine Barge Club ==== The oldest club on the Row, founded in 1856. Its Romanesque Revival boathouse is considered one of the finest examples of the style in Philadelphia. ==== Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club ==== The first women's rowing club in America, founded in 1938 when women were excluded from other clubs.
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