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.

[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.

[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.