City Park Golf Course

City Park Golf Course
Location 1442 City Park Avenue, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Coordinates 30°25′54″N 91°10′03″W / 30.43169°N 91.16757°W / 30.43169; -91.16757Coordinates: 30°25′54″N 91°10′03″W / 30.43169°N 91.16757°W / 30.43169; -91.16757
Area 48 acres (19 ha)
Built 1928
Architect Tom Bendelow; L.A. Grosz
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP reference # 02001546[1]
Added to NRHP December 20, 2002

City Park Golf Course is a public golf course in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and was the first public golf course and the city's only public course until the mid-1950s. The short, 34-par, nine-hole course was completed in 1926 and officially opened in 1928.[2][3]

The historic 48 acres (19 ha) area comprising the golf course, the clubhouse and the old pump house, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "City Park Golf Course" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 7, 2018. with five photos and two maps
  3. ↑ National Register Staff (September 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: City Park Golf Course". National Park Service. Retrieved May 7, 2018. With 20 photos from 2002.
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