{"nrhp_refnum":"01000056","name":"Clearview Golf Club","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"8410 Lincoln St. SE","address_restricted":false,"city":"East Canton","county":"Stark County","state":"OH","lat":40.77434446500007,"lon":-81.24772693861408,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-02-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Entertainment/Recreation","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A golf course site on the south side of U.S. Route 30, two miles east of East Canton, Stark County, Ohio, laid out on a former dairy farm. William J. Powell designed and built it, and it opened in 1948 with nine holes before expanding to eighteen in 1978.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Clearview is the only public golf course in the United States designed, built and owned by an African American. It is tied to African-American history, culture and sports, and shows a vernacular recreational landscape shaped by Powell's response to racial discrimination in golf. The whole course is nominated, including parts completed less than 50 years ago.","narrative":"Clearview Golf Club occupies 117 acres of rolling former dairy farmland just east of East Canton, Ohio. William Powell, an African-American veteran of World War II who had been made unwelcome at local courses, bought the farm in 1946 and built the course largely by hand while working a full-time job. Nine holes opened in April 1948, and the course grew to eighteen in 1978. Powell followed the land's natural contours, used two streams as hazards, left out bunkers and installed no irrigation, drawing on what he had seen of courses in Great Britain. The 1870s farmhouse and later buildings are not counted as significant; the course itself is the main resource. Clearview is recognized as the only public golf course in the United States designed, built and owned by an African American, and it reflects one family's perseverance against discrimination. Powell's daughter Renee went on to a professional golf career and now serves as the club professional.","period_of_significance":"1946-1950","architect_builder":"Powell, William J., course designer and landscaper","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still operating as a golf course; the 18-hole course covers 117 acres, with a farmhouse used as a clubhouse and several ancillary buildings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.409373-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/01000056.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000056/2547574680-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000056/2547574680-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Susan Barnum","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clearview_Golf_Club_greens.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Susan Barnum</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clearview_Golf_Club_greens.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991458","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearview_Golf_Club","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65048488"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/stark-county/clearview-golf-club-01000056/"}