Rock Creek Golf Course: Cultural Landscape Inventory, Rock Creek Park, National Park Service
Garrison S. 2017. Rock Creek Golf Course: Cultural Landscape Inventory, Rock Creek Park, National Park Service. Cultural Landscapes Inventory Report. 600031. NPS National Capital Regional Office. National Capital Regional Office/ CLI Database
Rock Creek Golf Course is a cultural landscape in northern Washington, DC. Located on the east side of Rock Creek Park, along 16th Street NW, north of Military Road NW, it consists of an 18-hole, parkland-style golf course, originally designed by William S. Flynn, and built between 1921 and 1926. The 103-acre course is located approximately six miles northeast of the United States Capitol and three miles south of Silver Spring, Maryland. Rock Creek Golf Course is a component landscape of Rock Creek Park. The boundaries of Rock Creek Golf Course, as considered for this cultural landscape inventory, are roughly defined by Military Road to the south, the Valley Trail to the west, an area of heavily wooded hillside to the north and 16th Street NW to the east. For exact boundary markers see the site plan information graphic below.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Garrison, Shannon
- Date of Issue
- 2017
- Publisher
- NPS National Capital Regional Office
- Units
- NCR , ROCR
- Keywords
- Golden Age of Golf, Golf Course, Historic Designed Landscape, Military Road, Mission 66, National Capital Region, Park lands style course, Public Golf, Rock Creek Golf Course, Rock Creek Park, segregation, Warren G. Harding, Washington D.C. Recreation, William H. Taft, William S. Flynn