{"nrhp_refnum":"05000414","name":"Longue Vue Club and Golf Course","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"400 Longue Vue Dr., Verona","address_restricted":false,"city":"Penn Hills Township","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.481387721500056,"lon":-79.86210177892966,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-05-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A private country club in Penn Hills Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, comprising an English Norman style sandstone clubhouse, an 18-hole golf course, and smaller 1930s recreational buildings and structures on a hilltop above the Allegheny River. The clubhouse was completed in 1923 with later additions.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the clubhouse is a rare example of English Norman style built in locally quarried sandstone, designed by architect Benno Janssen with landscape work by Albert Taylor. It also argues the golf course, designed by Robert White and restored in later decades, is significant for country club and golf course development in the Pittsburgh area, and that the property's views, contours and recreational features remain largely intact.","narrative":"Perched on the highest point in Penn Hills Township, the Longue Vue Club is a country club whose two-and-a-half-story clubhouse was completed in 1923 in locally quarried tan sandstone laid in horizontal courses with thick white mortar joints. Architect Benno Janssen gave the building steep gables roofed in rough Vermont slate and an entrance drive that loops through two arched tunnels beneath the structure. The clubhouse is regarded as an uncommon English Norman design in southwestern Pennsylvania. Its 18-hole golf course was laid out by Robert White in 1922 on land that had been the Baggaley Farm, bought by a group of Pittsburgh executives in 1920. Landscape architect Albert Taylor's equestrian trails and the 1930s recreational buildings, including a pool, skeet lodge and shooting range, add to the district's collection of resources. The property is significant for its architecture and for its role in early country club and golf development in the Pittsburgh area.","period_of_significance":"1923-1954","architect_builder":"Benno Janssen (architect); Albert Taylor (landscape architect); Robert White (golf course architect); Edward E. Wehr (contractor)","architectural_style":"English Norman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Contributing resources are described as retaining integrity; the golf course was restored in the 1980s and again from 2000; noncontributing resources include a gatehouse (2000), golf cart shed, tennis courts.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.564266-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/05000414.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000414/59d9f08bff-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000414/59d9f08bff-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Lee Paxton","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LongueVueClubandGolfCourse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lee Paxton</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:LongueVueClubandGolfCourse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996887","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longue_Vue_Club_and_Golf_Course","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15242821"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/longue-vue-club-and-golf-course-05000414/"}