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Clearcrest Club

Clearcrest Club
Clearcrest Club

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Evansville, IN

Quick Timeline

1940 Clearcrest rebuilt after fire destroys old club
2014 Golf course closed

Location

Block bounded by Fulton, Franklin, Fourth, and Michigan
District: Center Township
Latitude: 38.075452
Longitude: -87.574455
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colonial revival 1939-41 designed by edwin Berendes volkman farmhouse edmanson/edmonson farmhouse darmstadt rd roadhouse zeidlers

The Vanderburgh Auto Club purchases the old farmhouse and remodeled it into their clubhouse. It was dedicated 5/11/1915 and the grounds included a tennis court and a lake. gus zeidler more of a roadhouse please stop

8 mi from city first ave 4/14/15 5/11/15 dedicated clubhouse 5/12/15 article

The property clear crest inn 1920

jewish country club rootsfrom evansville club (noruz) acquired july 1921 to open spring 1922 1922 evansville club looked to establish a country club becomes clearcrest princeton road near darmstadt clubhouse remodeled become a country club w/ golf course opens june 22

merged with evansville club 1928

fire 6/22/1939 destroys old ep+pics before and after by the time hose house 12 got there too late to save building restablished temp quarters in the old evansville club 911 se 2nd

new one 1940 course map 4/14/1940ecp closed late 2014 to be turned into subdivision 2015


See also

New writers are guests of auto club - Evansville Courier 4/14/1915
Auto Club gets away to a flying start - Evansville Journal-News 5/12/1915
Clearcrest Country Club burns; ten have narrow escape from in fire - Evansville Press 6/22/1939
HistoricEvansville.com: Parks / Recreational
HistoricEvansville.com: Center Township district

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