The Bernard-Hoover Boat House

622 E. Gorham St.     Built     Madison Landmark     National Register
German native Charles Bernard started a thriving excursion boat business on the site in the late 1850s, which ferried picnickers to his private park near Mendota State Hospital. The present building replaced one destroyed by fire in 1915 and it is now owned by the city and loaned to the Mendota Rowing Club.