The C. Bernard Shea Rowing Center photo courtesy of Architectural Resources Cambridge, Inc.
New Boathouse with rippling water! See: Gala 2000 Dedication photo
The new Bernard C. Shea ’16 Rowing Center unifies the historic Class of 1887 Boathouse with a spacious modern addition, creating a striking presence on the north shore of Carnegie Lake. The remodeled boathouse tower, with stairs sweeping up to a lofty skylit anteroom on the second floor, is not only the dominant visual element of the complex, but also its primary entryway. From the tower, a long gallery extends westward above the boat bays, offering views of the lake interspersed with evocative photographs of Princeton crews. The gallery leads to an airy refurbished club room, with trophy cases, video equipment and lounge furnishings. An adjacent corridor connects to the men’s and women’s changing room. Upstairs in the attached new building, state-of-the-art training rooms are accented with tall windows and traditional exposed timber trusses. Extending from the south wall, and elevated porch overlooks a wide landscaped lawn, expanded dockage areas and a rebuilt launch house. The ground floor encompasses two new boat bays and an indoor tank for 16 rowers, framed by a sweeping low arch of windows that emulates in form the graceful stone spans of the Washington Street bridge. The Shea Rowing Center brings to Princeton not only much-needed space and improved training facilities, but a beautiful and versatile athletic headquarters, reflecting the long history, generations of effort and legacy of success that define Tiger crews.
| C. Bernard Shea '16 Rowing Center Irene C. Shea W'16 Richard Ottesen Prentke '67 Ohrstrom/Firestone Tank The Roger S. Firestone Israel Women's Locker Room The Oakmead Foundation Frantz Training Room |
Boat Bays C. Minor Barringer '42 Oarsmen of the Classes of Anonymous, in honor of Alexander W. Keer '34 Garland M. Lasater, Jr. '60, in Mr. and Mrs. John E. Klein '67, Oscar B. Mark III '60 |
Class of 1968 Shop Oarsmen of the Class of 1968, in memory of Nelson Cox, boatman Coaches' Apartments Coaches' Offices Roberta B. Connolly and |
| Follow from left to right, top to bottom. You will complete a circle. Start at the Tower, go up the stairs to the top, follow the gallery to the trophy room. Then across into the training and workout rooms, downstairs to the tanks, then back out to view the training center and the boat bays. |
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