100 Years of History: The ASUW Shell House

The University of Washington ASUW Shell House is the setting of the famous book “The Boys in the Boat” and an icon of rowing and UW history. The building has had many roles
over the last century. Built by the Navy at the end of WWI, the Shell House was
home to UW Crew and master racing shell builder George Pocock until 1949, and
was the hub for all student water recreation for decades as the ‘Old Canoe
House.’ It is an iconic building for our campus and region - an enduring
metaphor for what it means to be from the Northwest, and a physical embodiment
of our UW values.
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