Tall Maples Miniature Golf Course
Also known as: Parkside Whispering Pines Miniature Golf Course
Why it's listed
Tall Maples Miniature Golf Course is an 18-hole course on a small corner lot on Culver Road in Sea Breeze, in Irondequoit, New York. Built in 1930 by Paul Moore with his sons Nelson and Dayne and course builder Robert G. Ocorr, it includes a wood ticket booth and a small restroom building. The holes use wood curbs, low natural rock borders and exposed-aggregate concrete in a rustic style, with hazards such as a motorized windmill, dog-leg fairways, bi-level holes and a lighthouse folly. Mature conifers shade the course, and lights hang from wires strung through the trees. Little has changed apart from new playing surfaces and in-kind replacement of worn curbs. The course was listed because it is a rare, intact survivor from the miniature golf craze of 1930, the last of several courses laid out by Ocorr, and one of few reminders of Sea Breeze's heyday as a lakeshore amusement center. It is still open to players today.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the course is a highly intact and extremely rare survivor from miniature golf's first wave of popularity around 1930. It keeps the typical early features: a mechanized windmill, wood bumpers, rustic rock-garden detailing, overhead lighting and a bottomless final hole. It is also one of the few remaining elements of Sea Breeze's once-thriving recreation area and the last surviving course by builder Robert G. Ocorr.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 02001653, listed December 31, 2002. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 4083 Culver Rd., Sea Breeze |
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| County | Monroe County |
| Listed | December 31, 2002 |
| Reference number | 02001653 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | 1930-1950 |
| Architect / builder | Robert Ocorr; Paul, Nelson and Dayne Moore |
| Architectural style | OTHER |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Remains in active use as a local miniature golf course; the original greens were resurfaced with outdoor carpeting and deteriorated wood curbs were replaced in kind. |
| Acreage | 0.3 |
| Coordinates | 43.22852, -77.54683 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 02001653.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q7138718
- This listing as JSON
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