Malta Boat Club

Malta Boat Club is an amateur rowing club located at #9 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1865, the Club joined the Schuylkill Navy when it relocated to the Schuylkill River from the Delaware River and purchased the facilities of the now defunct Excelsior Club.[2][3] While on the Delaware, the club occupied a house on Smith’s Island where the club stored its boat called the "Minnehaha".[4] The Club was founded by members of the Minnehaha Lodge of the Sons of Malta.[4] The Sons of Malta, originally organized in the South, did not survive the Civil War.[5][6]

Malta Boat Club
Location#9 Boathouse Row, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Home waterSchuylkill River
Established1860
Navy admission1865
Key people
  • Phil Marcella (President)
  • Jeff Cutler (Captain)
  • Chuck Patterson (Navy delegate)
ColorsRoyal Blue   and White  
Websitemaltaboatclub.com
Malta Boat Club
LocationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates
Part ofBoat House Row (ID87000821[1])
Added to NRHPFebruary 27, 1987

As four members of the US National Team row out of Malta, the Club was well represented at the 2009 World Championships.[7]

The Boathouse

In 1873, Malta, in conjunction with Vesper Boat Club, built a ​1 1⁄2-story boat house.[8] In 1880, the boat house was expanded.[8]

In 1901, brothers George W. and William D. Hewitt designed more substantial additions including a third story to make Malta the tallest boathouse on Boathouse Row.[8] The Hewitt brothers had been Frank Furness's partner until 1876, and they designed the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, the Bourse Building, and the Wissahickon Inn.[9]

US National Team Athletes

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

References
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  5. Stevens, Albert C. (1907). "Sons of Malta". The Cyclopædia of Fraternities. New York: E.B. Treat and Company. p. 284.
  6. N., I. P. (2 July 1894). "The Shrine Examined". The American Tyler. 8 (23). Detroit: The American Tyler. p. 539.
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  9. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form". NPS Focus, National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, US Department of the Interior. 27 November 1983. p. 673. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
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