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The Vesper Boat Club is an amateur rowing club located at #10 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1865 as the Washington Barge Club, the club's name was changed to Vesper Boat Club in 1870.
Vesper's stated goal is "to produce Olympic champions."[3] Most recently,[when?] that goal was achieved by Devery Karz and Kathleen Bertko in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
^Janssen, Frederick W. (August 15, 1888). "Vesper Boat Club". Outing Library of Sports: American Amateur Athletic and Aquatic History 1829–1888. New York. pp. 213–14.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^"Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta 2009 Program" (PDF). Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta. 2009. p. 19. Retrieved April 30, 2010.[permanent dead link]
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