Explore the history of the Norwood Sport Center on Cottage Street in Norwood, MA, opened in 1940, featured in Hollywood films, and operating until its 2024 closure. 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-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-April 14, 2017