Malta Boat Club Explained

Malta Boat Club

Established:

1860

Admission Label:

Navy admission

Admission:

1865

Location:

1. 9 Boathouse Row, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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Malta Boat Club
Partof:	Boathouse Row
Nrhp Type:	cp
Nocat:	yes
Designated Other1 Name:	Philadelphia Register of Historic Places
Designated Other1 Abbr:	PRHP
Designated Other1 Link:	Philadelphia Register of Historic Places
Designated Other1 Color:	A8BDEC
Embed:	yes
Location:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	39.9696°N -75.1853°W
Added:	February 27, 1987
Partof Refnum:	87000821

}} 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.^{[1] [2]} While on the Delaware, the club occupied a house on Smith’s Island where the club stored its boat called the "Minnehaha".^[3] The club was founded by members of the Minnehaha Lodge of the Sons of Malta. The Sons of Malta, originally organized in the South, did not survive the Civil War.^{[4] [5]}

As four members of the US National Team row out of Malta, the club was well represented at the 2009 World Championships.^[6]

The Boathouse

In 1873, Malta, in conjunction with Vesper Boat Club, built a -story boat house.^[7] In 1880, the boat house was expanded.

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. 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.^[8]

US National Team Athletes

1970s

• Stan Depman^[9]
• Fred H. Duling^[10]
• Rick Stehlik^[11]

1980s

1990s

• Fred S. Duling^{[12] [13]}
• Tom Loughlin^[14]
• Marc Millard^[15]

2000s

• Sam Cunningham^{[16] [17]}
• Shane Madden^{[18] [19]}
• Marc Millard
• Rich Montgomery^[20]

2010s

• Sam Cunningham
• Bob Duff^{[21] [22]}
• Colin Ethridge^{[23] [24]}
• Christopher Lambert^{[25] [26]}
• Shane Madden
• Tyler Nase^{[27] [28]}
• David Smith^{[29] [30]}

Further reading

• Web site: Boathouse Row . Living Places . 30 April 2010.
• Book: Burt , Nathaniel . The Perennial Philadelphians: the anatomy of an American aristocracy . The Schuylkill Navy . University of Pennsylvania Press . 1999 . 296 . https://books.google.com/books?id=L9ueb6r1uXgC&pg=PA296 . 978-0-8122-1693-6.
• Book: Heiland , Louis . The Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia, 1858 - 1937 . 1938 . The Drake Press, Inc . Philadelphia . 71 .
• Book: Kelley , Robert F. . American rowing; Its Background and Traditions . G. P. Putnam's sons . 1932 . 59 .
• Book: Keyser , K. C. . Fairmount Park: Sketches of its Scenery, Waters, and History . Malta Boat Club . 5th . Claxton, Remsen, and Haffelfinger . Philadelphia . 1872 . 136 .
• Book: Scharf , John Thomas . Westcott, Thompson . History of Philadelphia, 1609–1884 . 3 . Public Squares, Parks, and Monuments . L. H. Everts & Company . 1884 . 1871 . https://books.google.com/books?id=8uYkAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1871.
• Stillner . Anna . The Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club: An Incremental Historic Structure Report . 2005 . 103–04 . 30 April 2010 .
• Web site: Sweeney . Joe . The History of the Penn Athletic Club Rowing Association: Part 2 - Beginning of the Clubs . Schuylkill Navy . 30 April 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100620205959/http://boathouserow.org/pac/pachist2.html . 20 June 2010 .

External links

• Web site: Malta Boat Club . Facebook . 6 May 2010.
• Malta Boat Club on wikimapia.org

Notes and References

1. Book: Peverelly , Charles A. . The Book of American Pastimes . Author . Malta Boat Club . 1866 . New York . 213 .
2. Book: Janssen , Frederick W. . Outing Library of Sports: American Amateur Athletic and Aquatic History 1829–1888 . Malta Boat Club . 15 August 1888 . New York . 211–12 . https://books.google.com/books?id=j2p68grSMFoC&pg=PA211 .
3. Web site: A Philadelphia Rowing Tradition . Malta Boat Club . 28 May 2010.
4. Book: Stevens , Albert C. . The Cyclopædia of Fraternities . Sons of Malta . E.B. Treat and Company . New York . 1907 . 284 . https://books.google.com/books?id=H-K3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA284.
5. News: N. . I. P. . The American Tyler . The Shrine Examined . 8 . 23 . Detroit . 2 July 1894 . 539 .
6. Web site: Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta 2009 Program . Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta . 2009 . 20 . 30 April 2010 .
7. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form . NPS Focus, National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, US Department of the Interior . 663 . 27 November 1983 . 7 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140227225201/http://image1.nps.gov:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=NHLS&item=Text%2F87000821.djvu&style=nps%2FFOCUS-DJview.xsl&wid=640&hei=480&oif=jpeg&props=item%28SUMMARY%2CCOPYRIGHT%29%2Ccat%28Name%29&page=14 . 27 February 2014 .
8. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form . NPS Focus, National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, US Department of the Interior . 673 . 27 November 1983 . https://archive.today/20121214063414/http://image1.nps.gov:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=NHLS&item=Text/87000821.djvu&style=nps/FOCUS-DJview.xsl&wid=640&hei=480&oif=jpeg&props=item(SUMMARY,COPYRIGHT),cat(Name)&page=22 . dead . 14 December 2012 . 7 May 2010 .
9. Web site: FISA, Stan Depman. www.worldrowing.com. 3 March 2015.
10. Web site: FISA, Fred H. Duling. www.worldrowing.com. 3 March 2015.
11. Web site: Row2k, Rick Stehlik. Row2k. 15 May 2015.
12. Web site: FISA, Fred S. Duling. www.worldrowing.com. 3 March 2015.
13. News: Philadelphia Inquirer. www.philly.com. 15 May 2015.
14. Web site: FISA, Tom Loughlin. www.worldrowing.com. 15 May 2015.
15. Web site: FISA, Marc Millard. www.worldrowing.com. 3 March 2015.
16. Web site: USRowing, Sam Cunningham. www.usrowing.org. 3 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20120424224012/http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/SamCunningham.aspx#. 2012-04-24. dead.
17. Web site: FISA, Sam Cunningham. www.worldrowing.com. 3 March 2015.
18. Web site: USRowing, Shane Madden. www.usrowing.org. 3 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20120424224004/http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/ShaneMadden.aspx#. 2012-04-24. dead.
19. Web site: FISA, Shane Madden. www.worldrowing.com. 3 March 2015.
20. Web site: FISA, Richard Montgomery. www.worldrowing.com. 3 March 2015.
21. Web site: USRowing, Bob Duff. www.usrowing.org. 3 March 2015. https://archive.today/20150308164604/http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/BobDuff.aspx#. 2015-03-08. dead.
22. Web site: FISA, Bob Duff. www.worldrowing.com. 3 March 2015.
23. Web site: USRowing, Colin Ethridge. www.usrowing.org. 3 March 2015. https://archive.today/20150308164611/http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/ColinEthridge.aspx#. 2015-03-08. dead.
24. Web site: FISA, Colin Ethridge. www.worldrowing.com. 3 March 2015.
25. Web site: USRowing, Christopher Lambert. www.usrowing.org. 1 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150702051316/http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/ChristopherLambert#. 2015-07-02. dead.
26. Web site: FISA, Christopher Lambert. www.usrowing.org. 1 July 2015.
27. Web site: FISA, Tyler Nase. 15 May 2015.
28. Web site: USRowing, Tyler Nase. US Rowing. 15 May 2015.
29. Web site: USRowing, David Smith. www.usrowing.org. 3 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150702025214/http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/DaveSmith#. 2015-07-02. dead.
30. Web site: FISA, David Smith. www.worldrowing.com. 3 March 2015.