{"nrhp_refnum":"07000076","name":"Foxburg Country Club and Golf Course","other_names":["Grange, Robert W.,Jr. Summer House"],"category":"site","location":{"address":"369 Harvey Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Foxburg","county":"Clarion County","state":"PA","lat":41.14921239800006,"lon":-79.67872213709441,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-02-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A nine-hole golf course and country club on a hillside above the Allegheny River in Foxburg, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, with a 1912 log and stone summer home converted into its clubhouse. The course was laid out in 1887 by Joseph Mickle Fox.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the course is the oldest golf course in continuous use in the United States, with play recorded every season since 1887. It also argues the former summer home is an outstanding example of Adirondack Rustic design by a New York City architectural firm. The course's stone tee troughs are presented as rare links to early tee-making practice.","narrative":"Foxburg's golf course was laid out in 1887 by Joseph Mickle Fox, a Philadelphian who had learned the game at St. Andrews and brought it back to the Fox Mansion lawns. The nine-hole course on a hillside about three hundred feet above the Allegheny River is claimed to be the oldest golf course in continuous use in the United States, with play recorded every season since 1887. Its nine carved stone tee boxes, each with two troughs once used to hold sand and water for mounding tees, are among its historic features. The clubhouse is a 1912 log and sandstone summer home built for Pittsburgh attorney Robert W. Grange Jr. to a design by New York firm Goldwin Starrett & Van Vleck. It has a broad veranda with sandstone pillars and slate roof, and is regarded as an outstanding example of Adirondack Rustic design. The Country Club acquired it in 1941. The property is also home to the American Golf Hall of Fame, dedicated in 1965.","period_of_significance":"1887-1956","architect_builder":"Goldwin Starrett & Van Vleck, architects","architectural_style":"Craftsman/Rustic Adirondack","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Golf has been played every season; the former summer home was converted into a clubhouse after 1941 and still serves that purpose.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.460989-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/07000076.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000076/d8a98cd142-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000076/d8a98cd142-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Mvincec","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FoxburgCC.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Mvincec</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FoxburgCC.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995616","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxburg_Country_Club","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5477110"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/clarion-county/foxburg-country-club-and-golf-course-07000076/"}