Fairmount Rowing Association
| Location | #2 Boathouse Row, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. |
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| Home water | Schuylkill River |
| Established | 1877 |
| Navy admission | 1916 |
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| Colors | Blue and White |
| Affiliations | La Salle University, Episcopal Academy |
| Website | fairmountrowing.com |
Fairmount Rowing Association | |
| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 39°58′09″N 75°11′09″W / 39.96923°N 75.18593°W |
| Part of | Boathouse Row (ID87000821) |
| Added to NRHP | February 27, 1987 |
Fairmount Rowing Association is an amateur rowing club, founded in 1877. The facility, located at #2 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is on the National Register of Historic Places. Fairmount originally catered to blue-collar youths living in the Fairmount neighborhood. In 1916, after decades of being rejected, the club was finally allowed to join the Schuylkill Navy. The Club boasts being known as the "premiere club for Masters rowing in the mid-Atlantic region" and has produced several world class rowers.