Municipal Golf Course

Municipal Golf Course
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Municipal Golf Course, September 2012
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Location	226 Fairway Dr., Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°34′45″N82°30′08″W / 35.57917°N 82.50222°W / 35.57917; -82.50222
Area	129 acres (52 ha)
Built	1927 (1927)
Architect	Ross, Donald; Sayre, Christopher
Architectural style	Golf course
NRHP reference No.	05000318 [1]
Added to NRHP	April 20, 2005

Municipal Golf Course, also known as Buncombe County Golf Course, is a historic golf course and national historic district located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses one contributing building (the Clubhouse (1927)) and one contributing site associated with a course designed by Donald Ross and opened in 1927. The Municipal Golf Course was the first municipal course in North Carolina to be racially integrated. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. ^[1]

In September 2024 the front nine holes of the Municipal Golf Course were severely damaged by flooding of the Swannanoa River caused by Hurricane Helene.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Sybil Argintar Bowers (December 2004). "Municipal Golf Course" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.