CLARA BROWN (sloop)

32 Fuhrman Rd., Buffalo, New York. County/parish: Erie.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 20, 2013. NRIS 13000098.

1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

  • John G. Alden Design No. 872

From Wikipedia:

Clara Brown (sloop)

Clara Brown, also known as John G. Alden Design No. 872, is a historic racing sloop located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It was designed by John G. Alden and built by Goudy & Stevens Shipyard in Boothbay, Maine. It was designed in 1950 and launched in 1952. She measures 34 feet 4 inches (10.46 m) in length, 7 feet (2.1 m) in beam, and with her fixed keel has a draft of 4 feet 11 inches (1.50 m). She was moved to Buffalo in the mid-1980s after sailing on Lake Champlain.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

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