Property Record
500 13th Ave
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Kenosha Country Club Golf Course |
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| Reference Number: | 240790 |
| Location (Address): | 500 13th Ave |
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| County: | Kenosha |
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| Township/Village: | Somers |
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| Town: | 2 |
| Range: | 23 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 6 |
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| Year Built: | 1922 |
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| Survey Date: | 20192020 |
| Historic Use: | playing field |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
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| Architect: | Donald J. Ross |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. The Kenosha Country Club golf course was constructed in 1922 following a design by renowned golf course designer Donald J. Ross. This 18-hole championship golf course covers approximately 140 acres and includes water features, a variety of mature trees and other plantings, and an overall naturalistic aesthetic as was characteristic of Ross’s landscape work. The country club was established in 1899 and was relocated to its present site in 1920. The country club hired renowned golf course designer Donald J. Ross to create a plan for the course; construction on the new 18-hole course was completed in 1922. Donald J. Ross is nationally recognized as one of the country’s preeminent golf course designers in the first half of the twentieth century. Although Ross maintained offices in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, his commissions were located throughout New England, the Midwest, and the Southeast. Ross has been noted as having “transformed the landscape of the sports world perhaps more than any other designer” with more than one hundred U.S. national championships played on his courses over the years. Ross was also the founder and first president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |