- City:
- Schenectady, NY
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Golf Courses
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civil Works Administration (CWA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
- Started:
- 1933
- Completed:
- 1935
- Designer:
- A. F. Knight
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Circa 1933 to 1935, FERA and CWA workers (and possibly WPA workers) constructed this golf course. From the City of Schenectady website:
The course opened in 1935. It was designed by A. F. Knight (the inventor of the “Schenectady Putter”) and Jim Thompson, and largely funded by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) and the Civil Works Administration (CWA), both predecessors of the well-known Works Progress Administration (WPA). Schenectady Municipal Golf Course stretches to 6600 yards (6000 m) and features fast, undulating greens and tight fairways blanketed within grasses and native vegetation. Schenectady Municipal Golf Course was ranked by Golf Digest “Best Places to Play in 2004” and earned a three-star rating.
Source notes
John Berry, “Roosevelt’s WPA a boon for sport of golf,” Lake County Record-Bee, June 19, 2009, accessed August 13, 2014. “Schenectady History,” City of Schenectady website, accessed August 13, 2014.Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on July 10, 2015.
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