{"nrhp_refnum":"00001211","name":"Shinnecock Hills Golf Club","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Bet. Cty Rd. and Sebonac Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Southampton","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.89466968000005,"lon":-72.44014058337218,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A private golf club in Southampton, Suffolk County, New York, with a Shingle Style clubhouse first built in 1892 to designs by McKim, Mead and White, several ancillary buildings, and a 259-acre golf course.","why_significant":"The club is significant for the introduction and evolution of golf in the United States from 1891 through 1930. It was a founding member of the United States Golf Association in 1894 and built the first clubhouse in the country solely for golf. The clubhouse is also a notable example of Shingle Style architecture by McKim, Mead and White, and the course keeps an early, naturalistic design.","narrative":"Shinnecock Hills Golf Club occupies 259 acres of sandy, rolling land in Southampton, New York, once used for grazing livestock. Its centerpiece is a two-story Shingle Style clubhouse, begun in 1892 from sketch plans by Stanford White of McKim, Mead and White and built by local contractor D. J. Wells. Cross gables with Palladian windows and a colonnade of fluted Doric columns define its look. Expansions and renovations in 1894, 1898, 1912-13, 1922 and 1928 enlarged the building, but the basic shape and details were settled by 1930. The site also includes a pumphouse, storage barn, former pro shop and caretaker's house, plus an 18-hole main course, a short course and a driving range. The club matters as one of five founding members of the United States Golf Association in 1894 and as the first American club to build a clubhouse solely for golf. It also established an early women's course, and its naturalistic layout reflects early course design.","period_of_significance":"1892-1930","architect_builder":"Architects: McKim, Mead & White; Robertson, Robert H.; Robertson, T. Markoe. Builders: Wells, D.J.; Donnelly & Corrigan; Smith, C. Elmer. Golf course: Flynn, William; Davis, Willie; Dunn, Willie; MacDonald, Charles Blair.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century American Movements: Shingle Style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Buildings are described as in good to excellent condition; the golf club remains in recreational use, and the clubhouse is closed in winter.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.049435-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/00001211.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001211/0abe641937-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001211/0abe641937-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.5","author":"Roger Rowlett","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shinnecock-hills.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Roger Rowlett</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shinnecock-hills.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322246","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinnecock_Hills_Golf_Club","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7497680"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/shinnecock-hills-golf-club-00001211/"}