Gilder Boathouse is the main facility for the sport of

rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically ...

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the w ...

. It is located on the bank of Lake Housatonic in

Derby, Connecticut Derby is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, approximately 8 miles west-northwest of New Haven, Connecticut, New Haven. It is located in southwest Connecticut at the confluence of the Housatonic River, Housatonic and Naugatuck ...

along Connecticut Route 34. It is a facility. It lies at the finish line of Yale's 2,000-meter race course. It was designed by Turner Brooks Architects of New Haven, which was selected in 1998 in a design competition. It was opened in October 2000. Costing $7.5 million overall, it was funded in part by Olympic rower

Virginia Gilder Virginia Anne Gilder (born June 4, 1958), also known as Ginny Gilder, is a former American rower and Olympic silver medalist. Gilder is a co-owner of the Seattle Storm, a professional women's basketball team in the WNBA. Early life Gilder is ...

(Yale '79) and her father

Richard Gilder Richard Gilder Jr. (May 31, 1932 – May 12, 2020), was an American philanthropist and co-founder of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. He also headed the brokerage firm Gilder, Gagnon, Howe & Co., whose specialty is tradi ...

(Yale '54). A wide stairway and a boat ramp across the riverside front of the building descend to the large () dock area.

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