{"nrhp_refnum":"79000742","name":"Augusta National Golf Club/Fruitlands","other_names":["Augusta National Golf Club"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"2604 Washington Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Augusta","county":"Richmond County","state":"GA","lat":33.50041043850004,"lon":-82.02240211647239,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-05-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 344.82-acre estate on Washington Road in Augusta, Georgia, centered on the 1854 concrete plantation house Fruitlands, built by Dennis Redmond, and the Augusta National Golf Club course laid out there in the 1930s.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be an early concrete structure, said to be the first such house in the South. The grounds were home to the Berckmans nursery, which introduced and popularized many Southern plants. The site is also significant for its golf course, designed by Alistair Mackenzie and Bobby Jones, and its association with the Masters Tournament.","narrative":"Augusta National Golf Club occupies the former Fruitlands estate on Washington Road in Augusta. At its center is a two-story concrete plantation house built in 1854 by indigo planter Dennis Redmond. It has broad verandas, a hipped roof and a cupola, and it is described as the first concrete house in the South. Redmond published its plans in an 1857 journal article. In 1857-58 the Belgian horticulturist L.E.M. Berckmans acquired the property and developed a nursery that became the most famous in the South. Many of its plantings survive, including magnolias, azaleas, a privet hedge and rare specimen trees. In 1930 Bobby Jones and associates bought the estate, and work on the course began in 1931 under Jones and Dr. Alistair Mackenzie. Each hole is named for a dominant plant. The house became the clubhouse, with wings added and interiors altered. The club hosts the Masters Tournament, and a cottage was built for President Eisenhower around 1952.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Dennis Redmond, Alistair Mackenzie","architectural_style":"Louisiana plantation house style, with West Indies influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a private golf club; the house serves as the clubhouse, with later wings added and interior and cupola alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.132052-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/79000742.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000742/360887b4bc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000742/360887b4bc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Florian Fritsch, assisted by Mark Anderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AGNC-11.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Florian Fritsch, assisted by Mark Anderson</a>, <a href=\"http://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:AGNC-11.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209367","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_National_Golf_Club","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q765780"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/richmond-county/augusta-national-golf-club-fruitlands-79000742/"}