{"nrhp_refnum":"09001106","name":"Meadowbrook Country Club","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"8025 Country Club Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Garner","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.66182780150004,"lon":-78.56748608199254,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-12-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Black","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Meadowbrook Country Club is a private country club on roughly 120 acres in southeastern Wake County, just outside Garner, North Carolina. Its core features are a nine-hole golf course, a lake with a wood pier, a clubhouse, a driving range, a picnic area, and auxiliary structures.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the club was founded and developed by the Black community in the late 1950s and 1960s as an alternative to white country clubs that excluded Black members under segregation. It states the club built its major facilities during the 1960s and is the only known intact private African American country club in North Carolina founded before integration legislation took effect. Its significance is tied to recreation, Black ethnic heritage, and social history.","narrative":"Meadowbrook Country Club occupies about 120 acres beside the city limits of Garner in southeastern Wake County, North Carolina. Founded in 1959 by members of the local Black community, it was built as a recreational venue for families barred from white country clubs by segregation. Its main facilities were constructed in the 1960s, beginning with the lake and wood pier in 1961 and the clubhouse in 1962. The nine-hole golf course, designed by North Carolina golf course architect Gene Hamm, opened in 1966 within a former tobacco field. The clubhouse is a one-story concrete block building with brick facing, and its builder was John W. Winters, a prominent Black builder in Raleigh. The nomination emphasizes the club's role as a private recreational alternative during the years before civil rights legislation took effect, and its membership growth and financial stability peaked during the 1960s. Membership declined in the early 1970s, leading to the club's decline.","period_of_significance":"1961-1970","architect_builder":"Hamm, Gene (golf course architect); John W. Winters (clubhouse builder)","architectural_style":"Other: Modern Movement","criteria":["A"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.51253-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/53/7226/47722653/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/09001106.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722653","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadowbrook_Country_Club_(Garner,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21261283"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/meadowbrook-country-club-09001106/"}