{"nrhp_refnum":"93000398","name":"Inverness Club","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"4601 Dorr St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Toledo","county":"Lucas County","state":"OH","lat":41.64474084750006,"lon":-83.65017258739398,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-05-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A private golf club district at 4601 Dorr Street in western Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. It includes a championship golf course founded in 1903 and redesigned by Donald Ross in 1918-19, plus a Tudor/Arts and Crafts clubhouse, pro shop and manager's residence built in 1918-19.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the club is significant for its Donald Ross course design and its role in championship golf. It has hosted over twenty major tournaments, including U.S. Opens in 1920 and 1931, and Byron Nelson served as its professional from 1940 to 1944. It is also noted for the clubhouse designed by the Devore Company, and for a landscape that still looks much as it did in 1919.","narrative":"Inverness Club is a private golf club on Dorr Street in western Toledo, Ohio. It began in 1903 with a simple nine-hole course on 78 acres, and the grounds now cover about 250 acres. In 1918-19 Donald Ross redesigned the course to championship standards, and the club built a brick clubhouse, pro shop and manager's residence at the same time. The clubhouse, designed by Toledo's Devore Company, mixes English Tudor and Arts and Crafts features and replaced two earlier clubhouses lost to fire. Later additions such as the pool, tennis courts and maintenance sheds are screened by plantings, so the landscape still resembles its 1919 appearance. The club is significant for recreation and landscape architecture. It hosted U.S. Opens in 1920 and 1931, several invitational tournaments in the late 1930s, and later major events including the 1986 PGA Championship. Byron Nelson served as its professional from 1940 to 1944.","period_of_significance":"1918-1944","architect_builder":"Ross, Donald; Devore Company","architectural_style":"Late 19th/20th Century Revivals: Tudor Revival; Late 19th/20th Century American: Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a golf club; the manager's residence continues to serve as such. The clubhouse retains much of its original character and layout, with some interior spaces redecorated and the porch enclosed in 1952.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.73807-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/93000398.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000398/b75688a197-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000398/b75688a197-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inverness_Club_from_Dorr.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inverness_Club_from_Dorr.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990045","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverness_Club","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14716506"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lucas-county/inverness-club-93000398/"}