Municipal Golf Course

  • Also Known As: Buncombe County Golf Course

  • Address: 226 Fairway Dr
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District
  • Activity Category: Sport


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1927/05/00 Beeler and Co of Asheville complete the clubhouse at a cost of $37,839. It has a restaurant, banquet hall, private dining room, lounge, pro shop, showers and lockers and living quarters for the manager.
1927/05/14 Christopher Gadsden Sayre Architect A handsome Tudor Revival-style 1.5 story pink granite clubhouse is dedicated. The first floor furnishings were provided by Sam P Burton and Son, Furniture and Interior Decorations, of Asheville.
1927/05/21 Donald J Ross Golf Course Architect The Municipal Golf Course, designed by preeminent golf course architect Donald Ross, opens for play.

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Particulars for Municipal Golf Course:
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Cultural Affiliation Black American
Area of Significance Entertainment - Recreation
Sport Golf
Landscape Golf course
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Historic Use Sport Facility

Data
Length in Yards: 6680
Par: 72


US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 20th April 2005

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Municipal Golf Course
Registry Address: 226 Fairway Dr.
Registry Number: 05000318
Resource Type: District
Owner: Local
Architect: Ross, Donald; Sayre, Christopher
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Golf course
Area in Acres: 129
Contributing Buildings: 1
Non-Contributing Buildings: 28
Contributing Sites: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Landscape architecture, Entertainment-recreation, Black
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Significant Year: 1927
Historic Function: Recreation and Culture
Historic Sub-Function: Sport facility
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Sport facility

Activities »

Activity
Activity Category Sport

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