In 1882 the club moved from its original site on Pelham Road, to its present location at the east end of Davenport Neck on Echo Bay.
In its early years, the New Rochelle Rowing Club’s Annual Regatta attracted as many as 1000 members and spectators to the events on Echo Bay.
The popularity of eight oared rowing did not hit until 1908 when they borrowed a boat from the New York Athletic Club and won a major match race.
It was the home club of Cy Cromwell and Jim Storm, silver medalists in the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
The strong tidal surge heavily damaged the hundred-year-old NRRC clubhouse resulting in its questionable future.