Dorchester Illustration no. 2492 Dorchester Yacht Club
The Dorchester Yacht Club was originally organized in 1870.
Photograph published in the Boston Herald, May 24, 1956.
Caption: “Blame it on the Tide. This is the way the Dorchester Yacht Club building looked at high tide yesterday when it was found that the new foundation was 14 inches too high for the building. The contractors had to float the barge and clubhouse back to deeper water and start jacking the building up higher. They will make a new attempt today. Building was moved across Savin Hill Bay in Boston from its old site to make room for the new Southeast Expressway.”
The Dorchester Yacht Club was formerly located on Freeport Street next to the Power House of the Boston Elevated Railway Company, a brick building that now is home to Yale Electric Company An on-ramp to the Southeast Expressway, opposite the end of Mill Street, occupies the property where the Dorchester Yacht Club was located.
The Dorchester Yacht Club building was moved to a location close to Savin Hill Beach and can be seen by Expressway traffic.