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Hamilton College’s new $2M boathouse in Rome should be ready in August

Hamilton College says it has plans for a $2 million boathouse project for its men’s and women’s rowing teams in Rome’s Bellamy Harbor Park along the Erie Canal. The boathouse should be ready for use this August. (RENDERING CREDIT: HOLT ARCHITECTS, VIA HAMILTON COLLEGE WEBSITE)

ROME, N.Y. — Hamilton College has plans for a $2 million boathouse project located on the Erie Canal in Rome’s Bellamy Harbor Park. Work on the project begins the week of April 12 and the facility should be ready for use this August, the college said. The boathouse will be a “significant enhancement” from the […]

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ROME, N.Y. — Hamilton College has plans for a $2 million boathouse project located on the Erie Canal in Rome’s Bellamy Harbor Park.

Work on the project begins the week of April 12 and the facility should be ready for use this August, the college said.

The boathouse will be a “significant enhancement” from the current rented facility used by the Hamilton men’s and women’s rowing teams, the school said in a release. It will include a much larger boat storage and operations area, a team meeting room, a coaching office, and indoor restrooms.

Hamilton College is working with the City of Rome on the project. It bought the land for the project through the Rome Industrial Development Corporation following unanimous approval by the City Council last June.

Fundraising and donations contributed over the past two years — primarily by alumni rowers — have made the project possible, Hamilton College said.

“The new facility will afford our coaches and student-athletes the amenities necessary to enhance our already successful rowing program,” Jon Hind, director of athletics at Hamilton College, said in the release. “We have enjoyed our long partnership with the city of Rome, and we look forward to assisting with the development and programming of Bellamy Harbor Park.”

After an initial design competition, Holt Architects of Ithaca was selected as the building architect. Its design team included Erdman Anthony of Rochester (mechanical and electrical), Trowbridge, Wolf and Michaels of Ithaca (site and landscape), and Delta Engineers of Vernon (civil engineering).

Hamilton College awarded the construction contract to Beebe Construction Services of Utica.

Eric Reinhardt