Kernwood Country Club, Salem
- Also Known As: Col Francis Peabody Estate
- Also Known As: General Horace Sargent Estate
- Address: 1 Kernwood St
- Vicinity: Along the Danvers River
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1844/00/00 | Col Francis Peabody | Owner | Francis Peabody buys a country estate at Horse Pasture Point on the banks of the Danvers River in North Salem. | |||
| 1875/00/00 | Horace Binney Sargent | Home | In the 1870s, General Horace Sargent acquires the Peabody estate. Sargent Street is first mentioned in the 1876 Salem Directory. | |||
| 1883/00/00 | Samuel Endicott Peabody | Home | Major Samuel Endicott Peabody buys back the family estate, where he will live eight months of each year until his death in 1909. | |||
| 1909/10/30 | Samuel Endicott Peabody | Died | Samuel Endicott Peabody dies in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, of unspecified causes. | |||
| 1913/00/00 | Louis E Kirstein | Owner | Three businessmen, Louis Kirstein, Joe Liebman and Al Kaffenburg, buy the Peabody estate to develop the property into the first greater Boston golf club organized by golfers of the Jewish faith. | |||
| 1914/00/00 | Donald J Ross | Landscape Architect | Donald Ross's 18-hole course at Kernwood opens. He used the natural features and the existing lay of the land to design a series of links that remain both challenging, and rewarding, for golfers of all levels. | |||
| 1923/00/00 | Kernwood Country Club host the Massachusetts Golf Association's Amateur Championship at Kernwood in 1923 and 1933. | |||||
| 1935/00/00 | In the 1930s, a major fire in the clubhouse, the old Peabody Mansion, destroys much of the upper floors. The remaining first floor are incorporated into a new single-floor clubhouse. | |||||
| 1998/00/00 | Rebuilt in 1952 and remodeled in 1998, the Kernwood clubhouse may still include portions of the first floor of the Peabody Mansion. |
| Particulars for Kernwood Country Club, Salem: | |
|---|---|
| Sport | 18 Hole Golf Course |
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Sport | Golf |
| Landscape | Golf course |
| Building Type | House |
| Criteria | Person |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
| Area of Significance | Sports |
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