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The South Boston Boat Clubs Historic District is a historic district consisting of clubhouse buildings at 1793–1849 William J. Day Boulevard in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The district includes four late-Victorian era clubhouses, which were built on "made land" created by filling in mudflats from nearby ...
The Boston Pilot Boat Varuna, was a 90-ton schooner, built in 1890 by Howard & Montgomery at Chelsea, Massachusetts. Her design was by the American yacht designer, Edward Burgess , known for his America's Cup defenders, Puritan (1885, Mayflower (1886), and Volunteer (1887). [ 3 ]
McManus was born in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, US on September 11, 1856, one of five children of John H. McManus, (1822-1893), an Irish-born sailmaker from Fingal, and Margaret "Meg" Harriet Sweetman (1829-1884).
The Boston Marine Museum (1909-1947) in Boston, Massachusetts, specialized in maritime history. Its collections were displayed in the Old State House in rooms borrowed from the Bostonian Society . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Among the objects in the museum were figureheads ; model ships ; "whaling implements, ... prints and pictures;" [ 3 ] manuscripts; [ nb 1 ...
The America, No. 1 was a 19th-century American pilot boat built in 1897 for Captain James H. Reid Sr. of Boston and designed by Boston designer Thomas F. McManus.The Boston America did not resemble her famous namesake, yacht America, rather she was designed with a fishing schooner "Indian header" bow.
The Union Boat Club (also known as UBC), founded in 1851, is an athletic club in Boston.It is the longest continuously operating rowing club in Boston. [1] Located in the Beacon Hill neighborhood along the Charles River, the Club has grown beyond rowing and now features squash and general fitness facilities for its 700 members. [2]
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Community Boating, Inc. was founded by Joseph Lee Jr., a wealthy Bostonian and recreation advocate.In 1932, the city of Boston set $200,000 aside to build a boathouse at the West End, Boston Beach.