Belle Isle in Detroit in Wayne County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Detroit Yacht Club

Established 1868

Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, September 15, 2022

1. Detroit Yacht Club Marker

Inscription. In the year 2011 the Detroit Yacht Club was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Construction began on this facility in 1921 with Commodore Gar Wood laying the cornerstone. This clubhouse, our fifth, was completed and dedicated on May 30, 1923. The building's unique Mediterranean style was designed by the renowned architect, George Mason, who also designed Detroit's famed Masonic Temple. Visitors to the Club continue to marvel at the architectural details that give the building its character and its timeless charm. The entire structure was built on cypress pilings driven to the river bedrock for support. At 93,000 square feet, the Detroit Yacht Club is the largest clubhouse in the Americas. The thirteen acres of land surrounding this magnificent building are completely manmade using the spoils from the construction of many of Detroit's landmarks such as the Ford and Guardian Buildings. With a growing history in Detroit, the DYC continues to thrive as a jewel of the city with a clubhouse as unique as its diverse membership.

Erected 2011 by Detroit Yacht Club.

Topics. This historical marker is listed

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in these topic lists: Architecture • Sports • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical date for this entry is May 30, 1923.

Location. 42° 20.932′ N, 82° 58.408′ W. Marker is in Detroit, Michigan, in Wayne County. It is in Belle Isle. It is on Lakeside Street near Riverbank Drive, on the right when traveling north. Marker is in front of the Detroit Yacht Club on Belle Isle. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1 Riverbank Drive, Detroit MI 48207, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Michigan.

It is also in the American Midwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Police Radio Dispatch (approx. 0.9 miles away); Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.9 miles away); Major General Alpheus Starkey Williams (approx. 0.9 miles away); Pewabic Pottery / Mary Chase Perry Stratton

Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, September 15, 2022

2. Detroit Yacht Club Marker

(approx. one mile away); Detroit Spanish American War Monument (approx. one mile away); Japanese Stone Lantern (approx. one mile away); History of the Canals (approx. 1.1 miles away); S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Detroit.

Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, September 15, 2022

3. Detroit Yacht Club Marker

Detroit Yacht Club Entrance image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, September 15, 2022

4. Detroit Yacht Club Entrance

Nautical Flag Pole image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, September 15, 2022

5. Nautical Flag Pole

Detroit Yacht Club image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, September 15, 2022

6. Detroit Yacht Club

Detroit Yacht Club Flag cigarette card (from the Jack Rose <i>Flags of All Nations</i> series) image. Click for full size.

Jack Rose, American Tobacco Co. (courtesy of the New York Public Library)

7. Detroit Yacht Club Flag cigarette card (from the Jack Rose Flags of All Nations series)

<i>Detroit Yacht Club's Home, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.</i> image. Click for full size.

courtesy of the Detroit Historical Society, circa 1911

8. Detroit Yacht Club's Home, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.

Postcard depicting a prior version of the Yacht Club.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 17, 2022, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. This page has been viewed 693 times since then and 64 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on October 17, 2022, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. 7, 8. submitted on October 24, 2022. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.