Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Staten Island Athletic Club boathouse] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Photographer |
Biles, H.A. |
Date |
ca. 1895 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print on black cardboard mount. View of the Staten Island Athletic Club boathouse, seen from the water. Two story building with attic and circular cupola with a flagpole with large American flag mounted on roof; it stands on a wooden pier built over the water. The second floor has a wide porch with decorative wooden railings and circular extensions at the corners and side. A crowd of men and women are standing on the porch, which has decorations hung from the edge of the roof, and signal flags hung from the railing. Two groups of men stand on the pier outside the building; a number of others are in a group of small boats in the water to the left of the boathouse. A small building can be seen at far left; two automobiles can be seen on shore at right. Stamped inscription on reverse: "H. A. BILES, PHOTOS, / Cor. Jewett Ave., & Richmond Terrace, / PORT RICHMOND, S. I." (Keywords: New York) |
Print size |
6.5 x 8.75 |
Ownership and History |
This photo shows the second boathouse of the Staten Island Athletic Club. The first boathouse was destroyed by two passing tugboats in 1886, and the new boathouse opened the following year. |
Earliest Date |
1887 |
Latest Date |
1900 |
Subjects |
Sports & recreation facilities Boathouses Athletic clubs Waterfronts |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
PH01.1598 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Great Kills Woman's Club, August 2017. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |