Foxburg Country Club and Golf Course

The story

Written by AI from this property's National Register nomination and the record above; every sentence is checked against its sources before it appears here. Corrections: privacy@treealive.com

Foxburg Country Club and Golf Course is a golf course and clubhouse complex at 369 Harvey Rd. in Foxburg, Clarion County, listed in the National Register in 2007. The golf club was organized in 1887, and a 1912 seasonal home was designed by Goldwin Starrett & Van Vleck in the Arts-and-Crafts, Craftsman and Rustic Adirondack styles.

Why it's listed

It was listed under criteria A and C, with local significance in architecture and entertainment and recreation, reflecting a period of significance from 1887, when the golf club was organized, to 1956.

Physical character

Its buildings have sandstone foundations, stone and log walls, and slate roofs, one with a jerkinhead gable and stone chimneys. A broad wrap-around veranda on ashlar sandstone pillars wraps one building, with Arts-and-Crafts-style wood sash and shed dormers, dry stone retaining walls, and stone troughs.

Historical context

Samuel Mickle Fox began acquiring land in western Pennsylvania in 1785; by 1887 it became the Foxburg Golf Club's five-hole course, expanded to nine holes in 1888. The club bought the property from the Fox family in 1924, bought the Grange house in 1941, and adapted it as the clubhouse in 1942, after demolishing the original 1900 clubhouse and converting its billiard room into a pro shop.