City Park Golf Course
City Park Golf Course is located in Baton Rouge
City Park Golf Course
Location1442 City Park Avenue, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Coordinates30°25′54″N 91°10′03″W / 30.43169°N 91.16757°W / 30.43169; -91.16757
Area48 acres (19 ha)
Built1928
ArchitectTom Bendelow; L.A. Grosz
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.02001546[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 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. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "City Park Golf Course" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 7, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2018. with five photos and two maps Archived 2018-05-07 at the Wayback Machine
  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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City of Baton Rouge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
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