Frank Sherwood opened the Norwood Sport Center on October 3, 1940. Modeled after the "Belgian Building" featured in the 1939 World's Fair, it cost $50,000 to build, a sizable sum at the end of the Great Depression. According to their website the Norwood Sport Center was the first building built as a candlepin bowling alley rather than being converted from some other use.
Bowling still strikes a chord with Norwood old-timer-This Day In Norwood History-April 14, 2017
Charlie Kuietauskas was a pin boy at the then-just opened Norwood Sport Center, when bowling was the rage. (DAVID L. RYAN / BOSTON GLOBE STAFF) By Hattie Bernstein GLOBE CORERSPONDENT For … Continue reading Bowling still strikes a chord with Norwood old-timer-This Day In Norwood History-April 14, 2017