Beckwith Boathouse is home to the UI rowing team -- the largest Hawkeye women's team -- and is located on the bank of the Iowa River near the Mayflower Residence Hall. It is the first UI building named solely for a woman benefactor. The boathouse, designed to withstand flooding, features a large ergonomics room that houses the UI rowing team's rowing machines, four large boat bays, a state-of-the-art rowing tank that features moving water at various training speeds, locker room and medical-training spaces, and a terrace and community room that can be used by university and community groups. In addition to the UI rowing team, the building houses the UI men's club rowing team and the Old Capitol Rowing Club, a community-based rowing organization administered by UI Recreational Services. The 20,000-square-foot Beckwith Boathouse is the first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)-certified building on the University of Iowa campus, a designation reserved for energy-efficient buildings. It features an efficient geothermal heat pump system and daylight harvesting, and was built with significant use of local and recycled materials.
(courtesy of hawkeyesports.com)