Nick Stoner Golf Course Improvements – Caroga Lake NY

City:
Caroga Lake, NY

Site Type:
Golf Courses, Parks and Recreation

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Completed:
1936

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

This Caroga Lake golf course was opened in 1929. In the 1930s, WPA workers cleared underbrush, built bridges and benches, and installed tennis courts at the course.

Source notes

The Morning Herald (newspaper) Johnston, New York, 20 May 1936. Scan found at fultonhistory.com. The article lists that these tasks were performed by WPA workers, and that now that the improvements are completed, the course is slated to reopen.

Site originally submitted by Janet Napier on May 20, 2016.

Location Info


State Highway 10
Caroga Lake, NY 12033
Fulton County

Location notes: Located in Caroga Lake, New York.

Coordinates: 43.156491, -74.487101

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