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Golf Course (circa 1903) & Starter's Building (1961)


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A central feature of Olmsted designs is the "open meadow." Designed in 1893, a 10-acre meadow was created here by filling in a huge existing ravine. The meadow was completed in 1898 and became site of a 6-hole golf course opened to the public in 1903. In 1930 the course was extended to 18 holes.

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