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| The Friends of Trinity Rowing Boathouse in East Hartford is the home of the Trinity [[athletics|crew]] team's boats, docks, and equipment. | The Friends of Trinity Rowing Boathouse in East Hartford is the home of the Trinity [[athletics|crew]] team's boats, docks, and equipment. |
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| Trinity's rowing team experienced a revival in the early 1960s and began to compete against other small New England Schools after being mostly inactive since the 1870s following the drowning of a crew member. Trinity's rowing team, with the support of several students and President [[jacobs_albert_c|Jacobs]], became a winning team. In 1962-1963, the Friends of Trinity Rowing was organized and crew became an unofficial sport which was formally recognized in 1966. | Trinity's rowing team experienced a revival in the early 1960s and began to compete against other small New England Schools after being mostly inactive since the 1870s following the drowning of a crew member. Trinity's rowing team, with the support of several students and President [[jacobs_albert_c|Albert Jacobs]], became a winning team. In 1962-1963, the Friends of Trinity Rowing was organized and crew became an unofficial sport which was formally recognized in 1966. |
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| During the early 1960s, the crew team was using an old donated tobacco barn in South Windsor as a boathouse. Seeking to enhance the sport's success, the Friends of Trinity Rowing raised the needed funds to build a new boathouse and groundbreaking began in April 1965. The then-named Bliss Boathouse opened in November of 1965 on Riverside Drive in East Hartford, on the bank of the Connecticut River, and was named after Miss Grace Bliss, a significant supporter of Trinity Rowing and benefactor of the funds needed to build the boathouse. | During the early 1960s, the crew team was using an old donated tobacco barn in South Windsor as a boathouse. Seeking to enhance the sport's success, the Friends of Trinity Rowing raised the needed funds to build a new boathouse and groundbreaking began in April 1965. The then-named Bliss Boathouse opened in November of 1965 on Riverside Drive in East Hartford, on the bank of the Connecticut River, and was named after Miss Grace Bliss, a significant supporter of Trinity Rowing and benefactor of the funds needed to build the boathouse. |
