{"nrhp_refnum":"12001262","name":"Tryon Country Club","other_names":["Tryon Golf and Tennis Club"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"393 Country Club Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tryon","county":"Polk County","state":"NC","lat":35.21703950400004,"lon":-82.25698936348606,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2013-02-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Tryon Country Club is a members-only nine-hole golf course with clubhouse, pro shop, swimming pool and tennis court on roughly ninety acres northwest of the town limits of Tryon, Polk County, North Carolina. The 1922 clubhouse is a Rustic Revival log building, and the course opened in 1917.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the club is locally significant as a recreational country club serving the leisure needs of Tryon's seasonal and resident population. The golf course is attributed to Donald Ross, though the nomination notes no primary documentation confirms this. The Rustic Revival clubhouse is cited as distinctive architecture suited to its mountain resort setting.","narrative":"Set in a valley northwest of Tryon, North Carolina, the Tryon Country Club is a members-only nine-hole golf course on about ninety acres, with a swimming pool, tennis court and clubhouse. The course opened in 1917 after Emma Payne Erskine proposed the club, and Scottish-born golf professional Robert A. Leonard built it. Its layout lets golfers play the same fairways and greens twice, giving an eighteen-hole round in half the land. The 1922 clubhouse is a one-story log building in the Rustic Revival style, using natural materials suited to its mountain setting. The club became a social and recreational centre for full-time and part-time residents and hotel guests during the period from 1917 to 1962. Its significance is regarded as local, resting on its role in leisure life and on the clubhouse's architecture.","period_of_significance":"1917-1962","architect_builder":"Robert A. Leonard (golf course builder); golf course design attributed to Donald Ross","architectural_style":"Rustic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The club remains in operation; the nomination does not treat post-1962 years as significant.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:40.92261-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/54/7218/47721854/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/12001262.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001262/e24d3c7abd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001262/e24d3c7abd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Upstateherd","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tryon_Country_Club.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Upstateherd</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tryon_Country_Club.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721854","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tryon_Country_Club","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20714081"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/polk-county/tryon-country-club-12001262/"}