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| Location | #9 Boathouse Row, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Home water | Schuylkill River |
| Established | 1860 |
| Navy admission | 1865 |
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| Colors | Royal Blue and White |
| Website | maltaboatclub.com |
Malta Boat Club | |
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| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 39°58′11″N 75°11′07″W / 39.96962°N 75.18534°W |
| Part of | Boathouse Row (ID87000821[1]) |
| Added to NRHP | February 27, 1987 |
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]
As four members of the US National Team row out of Malta, the club was well represented at the 2009 World Championships.[7]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ Peverelly, Charles A. (1866). "Malta Boat Club". The Book of American Pastimes. New York: Author. p. 213.
- ^ Janssen, Frederick W. (August 15, 1888). "Malta Boat Club". Outing Library of Sports: American Amateur Athletic and Aquatic History 1829–1888. New York. pp. 211–12.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b "A Philadelphia Rowing Tradition". Malta Boat Club. Retrieved May 28, 2010.
- ^ Stevens, Albert C. (1907). "Sons of Malta". The Cyclopædia of Fraternities. New York: E.B. Treat and Company. p. 284.
- ^ N., I. P. (July 2, 1894). "The Shrine Examined". The American Tyler. Vol. 8, no. 23. Detroit. p. 539.
- ^ "Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta 2009 Program" (PDF). Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta. 2009. p. 20. Retrieved April 30, 2010.[permanent dead link]