Municipal Golf Course

Municipal Golf Course

Municipal Golf Course, September 2012
Location 226 Fairway Dr., Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°34′45″N 82°30′08″W / 35.57917°N 82.50222°W / 35.57917; -82.50222Coordinates: 35°34′45″N 82°30′08″W / 35.57917°N 82.50222°W / 35.57917; -82.50222
Area 129 acres (52 ha)
Built 1927 (1927)
Architect Ross, Donald; Sayre, Christopher
Architectural style Golf course
NRHP Reference # 05000318[1]
Added to NRHP April 20, 2005

Municipal Golf Course, also known as Buncombe County Golf Course, is a historic golf course and national historic district located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses one contributing building (the Clubhouse (1927)) and one contributing site associated with a course designed by Donald Ross and opened in 1927. The Municipal Golf Course was the first municipal course in North Carolina to be racially integrated.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Sybil Argintar Bowers (December 2004). "Municipal Golf Course" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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