Riverside Yacht Club

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Riverside Yacht Club
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Short nameRYC
Founded1888
Location102 Club Road, Riverside, CT 06878 Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Website www.riversideyc.org

The Riverside Yacht Club, Connecticut is a private, recreational yacht club located in the Riverside neighborhood of Greenwich, Connecticut, with access to Long Island Sound. The majority of its members are residents of the surrounding Greenwich neighborhoods of Riverside, Old Greenwich, and Cos Cob. [1] It is the second oldest yacht club in Connecticut and one of the oldest in the United States. [2]

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History

Clubhouse of the Riverside Yacht Club, as it appeared in the 1890s. Photo by John S. Johnston. Jsj-434-Riverside YC Clubhouse.jpg
Clubhouse of the Riverside Yacht Club, as it appeared in the 1890s. Photo by John S. Johnston.

The Riverside Yacht Club was founded in 1888 by George I. Tyson, a prominent and wealthy summer resident of Riverside, CT, and the owner of the yacht Nirvana. [2] [3] Using his own money and waterfront property, Tyson built the original Victorian-style clubhouse in 1889 on the eastern shore of Cos Cob Harbor near the entrance of the Mianus River. [2] [4] Tyson became the first Commodore, a post he held for eight years. [2]

The original clubhouse contained a kitchen, ballroom, reading rooms, card rooms, bedrooms, locker rooms, and an expansive wrap-around porch. [4] In 1893, a new addition was constructed, containing a billiard room, shuffleboard area, bowling area, staff housing, and horse sheds. [4]

For a short period during the early 1890s, the club met in winter quarters in New York City, and by the late 1920s, the club membership had purchased the property from the Tyson estate. [2] In 1929, construction of the current clubhouse was completed. [2]

On September 21, 1938, the 1938 New England hurricane caused the main and junior clubhouses to flood, with no damage to sailing vessels. [4] Some vessels, but not the clubhouse, were damaged as a result of the 1944 Great Atlantic hurricane. [4]

In 1978 and 2013, the clubhouse underwent major renovations. [3] [5]

Cultural references

Low Tide, Riverside Yacht Club (1894), by Impressionist painter Theodore Robinson. Low Tide, Riverside Yacht Club MET DP161239.jpg
Low Tide, Riverside Yacht Club (1894), by Impressionist painter Theodore Robinson.

The Riverside Yacht Club was the subject of Low Tide, Riverside Yacht Club (1894) by American Impressionist painter Theodore Robinson. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Membership". Riverside Yacht Club. Archived from the original on 2023-04-01. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Riverside Yacht Club". National Sailing Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  3. 1 2 "Riverside Yacht Club History". Riverside Yacht Club. Archived from the original on 2023-04-01. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 White, Carl (2017-03-17). "Yacht and Boat Clubs of Greenwich". Greenwich Library. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
  5. ↑ "Riverside Yacht Club" (PDF). A.P. Construction Company. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
  6. ↑ "Low Tide, Riverside Yacht Club". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
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