Minnesota Boat Club Boathouse on Raspberry Island, American rowing club
The Minnesota Boat Club Boathouse on Raspberry Island is a rowing club building in Saint Paul built in 1910 in Mission Revival style. The wooden boathouse with large doors for boats sits directly on the Mississippi River water and provides space for boats, training equipment, and daily rowing activities.
The club was founded in 1870 and is the oldest sports organization in Minnesota, starting after a man brought his boat from New York up the Mississippi River. The first boathouse on Raspberry Island was built around 1873, and the current building was constructed in 1910 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The boathouse is home to a rowing club that has been part of Saint Paul's social fabric for over 150 years. Members gather here to train together and share their passion for water sports, making it an important gathering place for the local community.
The boathouse sits on small Raspberry Island in the Mississippi and is easily accessible from the shore. Visitors can walk around the area and view activities from nearby bridges and island areas.
The club has a long history of competition and has produced members who went on to compete on college teams and even at the Olympic Games. The boathouse is a place where one can discover stories of athletes who rose to major competitive success from this location.
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