Conibear Shellhouse, Athletic facility at University of Washington, Seattle, US.
Conibear Shellhouse is a rowing facility at the University of Washington that stretches along Lake Washington and provides multiple boat bays with modern training equipment. The building serves as a training and competition center for the university's rowing teams.
The facility was founded in 1949 and has been central to the university's rowing program since then. A major renovation in 2005 modernized the building significantly and expanded its capacity for training and competition.
The building is named after Hiram Boardman Conibear, the former University of Washington rowing coach. It replaced the old Shell House, now called the Canoe House, which stands further south along the Lake Washington shore and began as a seaplane hangar handed to the university after World War I.
The building sits on the Lake Washington shoreline and is accessible by foot from the university's central areas. The best time to visit is in early morning or late afternoon when training activity is most visible.
The building is named after Hiram Boardman Conibear, the rowing coach who developed the "Conibear stroke" still associated with Washington crews. It replaced the old Shell House, a former seaplane hangar handed to the university after World War I and now called the Canoe House, farther south along the Lake Washington shore.
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