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Potomac Boat Club

 
 
Potomac Boat Club Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 11, 2019
1. Potomac Boat Club Marker
Inscription.
Potomac Boat Club
Founded in 1869

This Boathouse built in 1908
A.B. Mullet & Co., Architect
Charles J. Cassidy, Builder


Listed in the
District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites
1973

National Register of Historic Places
1991

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: ArchitectureSportsWaterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1869.
 
Location. 38° 54.258′ N, 77° 4.236′ W. Marker is in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Georgetown. It is on Water Street Northwest west of 33rd Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3530 Water Street Northwest, Washington DC 20007, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Upper South, in the Mid-Atlantic, in the Tidewater, and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Exorcist Steps (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Hollywood on the Potomac (about 600 feet away); Francis Scott Key Bridge (about 600 feet away); Prospect House (about 600 feet away); Window on Washington (about 800 feet away); Francis Scott Key Park … a place to reflect (about 800 feet away); Quality Hill - The John Thomson Mason House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Halcyon House (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Northwest Washington.
 
Other markers no longer nearby. Francis Scott Key (was about 700 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); The Star-Spangled Banner (was about 800 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Francis Scott Key Park (was about 800 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
Also see . . .
1. Potomac Boat Club. Wikipedia article (Submitted on February 11, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.) 

2. Potomac Boat Club. DC Historic Sites profile (Submitted on February 11, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.) 
 
Potomac Boat Club Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 11, 2019
2. Potomac Boat Club Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 11, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 415 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on February 11, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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