{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox rowing club |name = Malta Boat Club |image_name = Maltacrest.jpg |established = 1860 |admission_label = Navy admission |admission =1865 |key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Phil Marcella (President)|Jeff Cutler (Captain)|Chuck Patterson (Navy delegate)}} |location = <nowiki>#</nowiki>9 Boathouse Row, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |home_water = Schuylkill River |colors = Royal Blue {{color box|royalblue}} and White {{color box|white}} |website= [http://www.maltaboatclub.com maltaboatclub.com] |nrhp={{Infobox NRHP | name = Malta Boat Club | partof = Boathouse Row | nrhp_type = cp | nocat = yes | designated_other1 = Philadelphia Register of Historic Places | designated_other1_date = | embed = yes | image = | caption = | location = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | locmapin = Pennsylvania#USA | coordinates = {{coord|39.96962|-75.18534|type:landmark_globe:earth_region:US-PA|display=title}} | area = | built = | added = February 27, 1987 | partof_refnum = 87000821<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref> }} }} <!-- Infobox ends --> '''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.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Peverelly | first = Charles A. | title = The Book of American Pastimes | publisher = Author | chapter = Malta Boat Club | year = 1866 | location = New York | page = [https://archive.org/details/bookamericanpas00pevegoog/page/n232 213] | url = https://archive.org/details/bookamericanpas00pevegoog }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | last = Janssen | first = Frederick W. | title = Outing Library of Sports: American Amateur Athletic and Aquatic History 1829–1888 | chapter = Malta Boat Club |date=15 August 1888 | location = New York | pages = 211–12 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=j2p68grSMFoC&pg=PA211 }}</ref> While on the Delaware, the club occupied a house on [https://web.archive.org/web/20110106045011/http://planphilly.com/node/931 Smith’s Island] where the club stored its boat called the "Minnehaha".<ref name=About>{{Cite web | title = A Philadelphia Rowing Tradition | publisher = Malta Boat Club | url = http://www.maltaboatclub.com/about | access-date = 28 May 2010}}</ref> The club was founded by members of the Minnehaha Lodge of the Sons of Malta.<ref name=About/> The Sons of Malta, originally organized in the South, did not survive the Civil War.<ref>{{cite TCOF02|page=284|url-page=330}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | last = N. | first = I. P. | newspaper = The American Tyler | title = The Shrine Examined | volume = 8 | number = 23 | location = Detroit |date=2 July 1894 | page = 539 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vctNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA539}}</ref>
As four members of the US National Team row out of Malta, the club was well represented at the 2009 World Championships.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta 2009 Program |publisher=Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta |year=2009 |page=20 |url=http://www.hosr.org/2009HOSRPROGRAM.pdf |access-date=30 April 2010 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==The Boathouse== In 1873, Malta, in conjunction with Vesper Boat Club, built a {{frac|1|1|2}}-story boat house.<ref name=NPS14>{{Cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form |publisher=NPS Focus, National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, US Department of the Interior |page=663 |date=27 November 1983 |url=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=14 |access-date=7 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=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 |archive-date=27 February 2014 }}</ref> In 1880, the boat house was expanded.<ref name="NPS14"/>
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.<ref name = NPS14/> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form |publisher=NPS Focus, National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, US Department of the Interior |page=673 |date=27 November 1983 |url=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 |archive-url=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 |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 December 2012 |access-date=7 May 2010}}</ref>
==US National Team Athletes== 1970s *Stan Depman<ref>{{cite web|title=FISA, Stan Depman|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/38071/depman|website=www.worldrowing.com|access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref> *Fred H. Duling<ref>{{cite web|title=FISA, Fred H. Duling|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/30008/duling-sr-fred|website=www.worldrowing.com|access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref> *Rick Stehlik<ref>{{cite web|title=Row2k, Rick Stehlik|url=http://www.row2k.com/events/features.cfm?ID=35#.VVZFGRebPRI|website=Row2k|access-date=15 May 2015}}</ref>
1980s
1990s *Fred S. Duling<ref>{{cite web|title=FISA, Fred S. Duling|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/2875/duling-frederick|website=www.worldrowing.com|access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="Philadelphia Inquirer">{{cite news|title=Philadelphia Inquirer|url=http://articles.philly.com/1996-08-06/sports/25643647_1_sculling-nationals-rowing|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140619004631/http://articles.philly.com/1996-08-06/sports/25643647_1_sculling-nationals-rowing|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 19, 2014|website=www.philly.com|access-date=15 May 2015}}</ref> *Tom Loughlin<ref name="Philadelphia Inquirer"/><ref>{{cite web|title=FISA, Tom Loughlin|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/6633/loughlin-tom|website=www.worldrowing.com|access-date=15 May 2015}}</ref> *Marc Millard<ref name="FISA, Marc Millard">{{cite web|title=FISA, Marc Millard|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/12690/millard|website=www.worldrowing.com|access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref>
2000s *Sam Cunningham<ref name="USRowing, Sam Cunningham">{{cite web|title=USRowing, Sam Cunningham|url=http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/SamCunningham.aspx|website=www.usrowing.org|access-date=3 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424224012/http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/SamCunningham.aspx|archive-date=2012-04-24|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="FISA, Sam Cunningham">{{cite web|title=FISA, Sam Cunningham|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/31794/frycke-cunningham-samuel|website=www.worldrowing.com|access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref> *Shane Madden<ref name="USRowing, Shane Madden">{{cite web|title=USRowing, Shane Madden|url=http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/ShaneMadden.aspx|website=www.usrowing.org|access-date=3 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424224004/http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/ShaneMadden.aspx|archive-date=2012-04-24|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="FISA, Shane Madden">{{cite web|title=FISA, Shane Madden|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/28133/madden-shane|website=www.worldrowing.com|access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref> *Marc Millard<ref name="FISA, Marc Millard"/> *Rich Montgomery<ref>{{cite web|title=FISA, Richard Montgomery|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/21620/montgomery-richard|website=www.worldrowing.com|access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref>
2010s *Sam Cunningham<ref name="USRowing, Sam Cunningham"/><ref name="FISA, Sam Cunningham"/> *Bob Duff<ref>{{cite web|title=USRowing, Bob Duff|url=http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/BobDuff.aspx|website=www.usrowing.org|access-date=3 March 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150308164604/http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/BobDuff.aspx|archive-date=2015-03-08|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=FISA, Bob Duff|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/33781/duff-jr-robert|website=www.worldrowing.com|access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref> *Colin Ethridge<ref>{{cite web|title=USRowing, Colin Ethridge|url=http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/ColinEthridge.aspx|website=www.usrowing.org|access-date=3 March 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150308164611/http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/ColinEthridge.aspx|archive-date=2015-03-08|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=FISA, Colin Ethridge|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/44009/ethridge-colin|website=www.worldrowing.com|access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref> *Christopher Lambert<ref>{{cite web|title=USRowing, Christopher Lambert|url=http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/ChristopherLambert|website=www.usrowing.org|access-date=1 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702051316/http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/ChristopherLambert|archive-date=2015-07-02|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=FISA, Christopher Lambert|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/30322/lambert-christopher|website=www.usrowing.org|access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref> *Shane Madden<ref name="USRowing, Shane Madden"/><ref name="FISA, Shane Madden"/> *Tyler Nase<ref>{{cite web|title=FISA, Tyler Nase|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/32401/nase-tyler|access-date=15 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=USRowing, Tyler Nase|url=http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/TylerNase|website=US Rowing|access-date=15 May 2015}}</ref> *David Smith<ref>{{cite web|title=USRowing, David Smith|url=http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/DaveSmith|website=www.usrowing.org|access-date=3 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702025214/http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/DaveSmith|archive-date=2015-07-02|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=FISA, David Smith|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/43603/smith-david|website=www.worldrowing.com|access-date=3 March 2015}}</ref>
==Photo gallery== <gallery> File:Malta72.png|Malta Boat Club, #9 Boathouse Row in 1972. File:Vesper-Malta2010.jpg|Vesper and Malta Boat Clubs, #9-10 in 2010. </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist|33em}}
==Further reading== * {{Cite web | title = Boathouse Row | publisher = Living Places | url = http://www.livingplaces.com/PA/Philadelphia_County/Philadelphia_City/Boathouse_Row.html | access-date = 30 April 2010}} *{{Cite book | last = Burt | first = Nathaniel | title = The Perennial Philadelphians: the anatomy of an American aristocracy | chapter = The Schuylkill Navy | publisher = University of Pennsylvania Press | year = 1999 | page = 296 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=L9ueb6r1uXgC&pg=PA296 | isbn = 978-0-8122-1693-6}} *{{Cite book |title = The Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia, 1858 - 1937 |first = Louis |last = Heiland |year = 1938 |publisher = The Drake Press, Inc |location = Philadelphia |page = 71 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vRdrOgAACAAJ}} * {{Cite book | last = Kelley | first = Robert F. | title = American rowing; Its Background and Traditions | publisher = G. P. Putnam's sons | year = 1932 | page = 59 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=4v2BAAAAMAAJ&q=malta }} * {{Cite book | last = Keyser | first = K. C. | title = Fairmount Park: Sketches of its Scenery, Waters, and History | chapter = Malta Boat Club | edition = 5th | publisher = Claxton, Remsen, and Haffelfinger | location = Philadelphia | year = 1872 | page = [https://archive.org/details/fairmountparksk00keysgoog/page/n136 136] | url = https://archive.org/details/fairmountparksk00keysgoog }} * {{Cite book | last = Scharf | first = John Thomas |author2=Westcott, Thompson | title = History of Philadelphia, 1609–1884 | volume = 3 | chapter = Public Squares, Parks, and Monuments | publisher = L. H. Everts & Company | year = 1884 | page = 1871 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=8uYkAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1871 }} *{{Cite thesis | last = Stillner | first = Anna | title = The Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club: An Incremental Historic Structure Report | year = 2005 | pages =103–04 | url = http://repository.upenn.edu/hp_theses/41 | access-date = 30 April 2010 }} *{{Cite web |last=Sweeney |first=Joe |title=The History of the Penn Athletic Club Rowing Association: Part 2 - Beginning of the Clubs |publisher=Schuylkill Navy |url=http://www.boathouserow.org/pac/pachist2.html |access-date=30 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620205959/http://boathouserow.org/pac/pachist2.html |archive-date=20 June 2010 }}
==External links== *{{Cite web | title = Malta Boat Club | publisher = Facebook | url = http://www.facebook.com/pages/Malta-Boat-Club/246324882710 | access-date = 6 May 2010}} * [http://wikimapia.org/16542694/Malta-Boat-Club Malta Boat Club] on wikimapia.org {{Schuylkill Navy}}
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