- City:
- Hutchinson, KS
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Golf Courses
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1937
- Designer:
- Perry Maxwell
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The WPA constructed the first nine holes of this course in 1937.
Source notes
“Part of the Solution: Golf courses were among FDR's public works projects in the '30s, and President Obama should include them in the economic stimulus mix,” Golf Digest, January 19, 2009, accessed August 12, 2014. "History of Prairie Dunes Country Club,” Prairie Dunes Country Club, accessed August 12, 2014. Nick Taylor, American-Made, New York: Bantam Books, 2008.Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on July 10, 2015.
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