{"nrhp_refnum":"09000058","name":"Shelter Island Country Club","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"26 Sunnyside Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Shelter Island","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":41.07873189900005,"lon":-72.35654247270818,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-02-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Landscape Architecture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A nine-hole golf course and clubhouse on 42.2 acres at 26 Sunnyside Avenue, Shelter Island, Suffolk County, New York, established in 1901. The two-story Colonial Revival clubhouse was built by Charles H. Corwin, and the course was laid out by C. H. Bateman and Wesley Smith.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the oldest golf course on Shelter Island and one of the oldest on eastern Long Island, created for members of the Shelter Island Heights Association (Criterion A). The course, inspired by St. Andrews, uses the natural hilly terrain and is largely unchanged since 1901 (Criterion C, landscape architecture). The clubhouse retains much of its original fabric and design (Criterion C, architecture).","narrative":"Shelter Island Country Club is a nine-hole golf course and clubhouse on 42.2 acres in the northwest part of Shelter Island, New York. Members of the Shelter Island Heights Association, a summer resort community that began as a Methodist camp, formed the club in 1901 for their own recreation. Surveyor C. H. Bateman plotted the course using the sloping, wooded terrain, and superintendent Wesley Smith finished it by hand. The design drew inspiration from St. Andrews in Scotland and has changed little since. Carpenter Charles H. Corwin built the two-story Colonial Revival clubhouse, with a gambrel roof, wood shingles, Palladian windows and a wide veranda facing the course and Dering Harbor. The kitchen wing was expanded around 1942, and the building was reshingled in kind in 1989. The course is recognized as the oldest on the island and one of the oldest on eastern Long Island, and for its landscape design and intact clubhouse. A later driving range and maintenance building do not contribute to its historic character.","period_of_significance":"1901-1958","architect_builder":"clubhouse: Charles H. Corwin; golf course: C. H. Bateman/ Wesley Smith","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival (clubhouse)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as in constant use since 1901 as a golf course and clubhouse; a modern driving range and maintenance building are non-contributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:54.019834-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/09000058.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000058/2040035e6b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000058/2040035e6b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"DanTD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shelter_Island_GC;_Flying_Goat_Restaurant.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">DanTD</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:Shelter_Island_GC;_Flying_Goat_Restaurant.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322238","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelter_Island_Country_Club","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7493966"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/shelter-island-country-club-09000058/"}