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Home My WebLink About20221175 Ver 1_BP7.R021 final report - Lynrock Golf Course_20220831Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7.R021 WBS# BP7.11021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 Prepared for: Environmental Analysis Unit North Carolina Department of Transportation 1598 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1598 Prepared by: MdM Historical Consultants Inc. Post Office Box 1399 Durham, NC 27702 919.368.1602 May 27, 2022 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7.R021 WBS# BP7.11021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 Prepared for: Environmental Analysis Unit North Carolina Department of Transportation 1598 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1598 Prepared by: MdM Historical Consultants Inc. Post Office Box 1399 Durham, NC 27702 919.368.1602 May 27, 2022 Jennifer F. Martin, Principal Investigator Date MdM Historical Consultants Inc. Mary Pope Furr, Supervisor Date Historic Architecture Team North Carolina Department of Transportation Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7.R021 WBS# BP7.11021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 Management Summary The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) proposes to remove Bridge No. 233 (RK0940) on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and relocate a sewer line in Rockingham County, North Carolina. Bridge No. 233 was determined eligible (DOE) for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 2005. This project is subject to review under the Section 106 Programmatic Agreement for Minor Transportation Projects (NCDOT/NCHPO/FHWA/USFS 220). An NCDOT architectural historian defined an Area of Potential Effects (APE) and identified and assessed all resources approximately fifty years of age or more within the APE. Following this initial review, NCDOT staff identified one resource within the APE that warranted an intensive evaluation of individual eligibility for the NRHP. NCDOT requested MdM Historical Consultants (MdM) evaluate the NRHP eligibility of Lynrock Golf Course (RK1833) at 636 Valley Eden Drive in Eden, North Carolina. As part of the project, MdM intensively evaluated the golf course and provided a written report that included photographs of the resource and landscapes; an historic and architectural context; an evaluation of NRHP eligibility; comparisons to similar types of resources; and carefully delineated and justified NRHP boundaries, as appropriate. In March, April, and May 2022, architectural historian and principal investigator Jennifer F. Martin conducted fieldwork and research then authored this report. The following table identifies the resource evaluated and summarizes the recommendations regarding its eligibility. Property Name and Survey Site Number Address and PIN NRHP Eligibility Recommendation and Criteria Lynrock Golf Course 636 Valley Drive, Not eligible under any criteria RK1833 Eden, NC 797912970210 2 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 TABLE OF CONTENTS Management Summary 2 Project Description and Methodology 4 II. Property Description and Evaluation: Lynrock Golf Course (RK1833) 8 III. Bibliography M View from Bridge No. 233 of SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) with Lynrock Golf Course on left, facing north 3 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 Project Description and Methodology The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) proposes to remove Bridge No. 233 (RK0940) on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and relocate a sewer line in Rockingham County, North Carolina. Bridge No. 233 was determined eligible (DOE) for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 2005. The project area is located within the city limits of Eden in north central Rockingham County, North Carolina. In 1967, the towns of Leaksville, Spray, and Draper was consolidated and named Eden. The TIP number is BP7.R021 and WBS number is BP7.R021.1. An NCDOT architectural historian defined an Area of Potential Effects (APE) and identified and assessed all resources of approximately fifty years of age or more within the APE. Following this initial survey, NCDOT staff identified Lynrock Golf Course (RK1833) located within the APE as warranting an intensive evaluation of its individual eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). This project is subject to review under the Programmatic Agreement for Minor Transportation Projects (NCDOT/NCHPO/FHWA, 2020). The historic architectural survey within the APE associated with the removal of Bridge No. 233 (RK0940) on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and the relocation of a sewer line in Rockingham County, North Carolina was carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Secretary of the Interior's standards and Guidelines for Archaeological and Historic Preservation (48 FR 44716); 36 CFR Part 60; 36 CFR Part 800; and the NCDOT document entitled Historic Architectural Resources: Survey Procedures and Report Guidelines (2003). This evaluation meets the guidelines of NCDOT and the National Park Service. In order to meet the requirements of the above laws, regulations, and guidelines, the work plan for the intensive -level survey included the following items: (1) conducting general historical and architectural background research in order to develop contexts within which to evaluate the potential National Register eligibility of the resources located within the APE; (2) an intensive -level field survey of the APE, including surveying, describing, evaluating, and proposing specific National Register boundaries for any resources believed to be eligible for the National Register; (3) specific historical and architectural research on the resources inventoried at the intensive level; and (4) preparation of a report developed pursuant to the above -referenced laws, regulations and guidelines. The report is on file at NCDOT and is available for review by the general public. From March to May 2022, MdM evaluated the Lynrock Golf Course as required, in compliance with the requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, other state and federal regulations, and NCDOT's current Historic Architecture Team Procedures and Work Products and the NCHPO Report Standards for Historic Structure Survey Reports/Determinations of Eligibility/Section 106/110 Compliance Reports in North Carolina. As part of the project, MdM intensively evaluated Lynrock Golf Course and provided 4 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 a written report that included photographs of the landscapes and buildings; historic and architectural contexts; evaluations of NRHP eligibility; comparisons to similar types of resources; and carefully delineated and justified NRHP boundaries, as appropriate. MdM project manager and architectural historian Jennifer F. Martin, who meets the Secretary of Interior's qualifications for architectural history (CFR 36 CFR Part 61), conducted the fieldwork and research, analyzed the resources, and drafted this report from March to May 2022. As part of this effort, she made three unsuccessful attempts to contact the members of the family who own Lynrock Golf Course to gather historic information about the property. During her visit to Lynrock Golf Course on April 4, 2022, Ms. Martin drove a golf cart to each hole to document the features and appearance of the course. She also visited comparable resources in Rockingham County, Lenoir County, Martin County, and Wake County in North Carolina and Beaufort County, South Carolina. She interviewed several past and current golf course owners including Otis Green, Angie Sutton Malone, and Mark Lambeth. The historian consulted primary and secondary sources and numerous articles from newspapers in North and South Carolina from the period 1945 to present. The project to remove Bridge No. 233 (RK0940) on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and relocate a sewer line is located entirely within Rockingham County. Its project area and location of the evaluated resource (Lynrock Golf Course) in the project area is depicted on the following maps. Location of Rockingham County, map from Wikipedia Commons 5 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 Lynrock Golf Course outlined in black, on Southwest Eden and Southeast Eden USGS maps, created from HPOWeb Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 Map showing location of evaluated property in relation to Bridge No. 233, created from HPOWeb Bridge No. 233 over the Dan River, view to the south-southwest Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 II. Property Description and Evaluation Resource Name L nrock Golf Course HPO Survey Site Number RK1833 Location 636 Valley Drive, Eden, Rockingham County, NC PIN 797912970210 Construction Date Circa 1955 and later(golf course, 1959 Recommendation Not eligible under any criteria 10th hole with Mebane Bridge Road (SR 1964) to the left, view to the south Description Lynrock Golf Course is located on two contiguous parcels totaling 136 acres in the southern portion of the town of Eden in Rockingham County, North Carolina. Smith River, a water course originating at Philpott Lake in Virginia, flows north to south through the golf course property, separating the first and eighteenth holes and a portion of the seventeenth hole from the rest of the course. Smith River flows into the Dan River, which borders the golf course to the west and south. The golf course terrain is level nearer the Dan River but characterized by rolling hills along the western half of the property. 0 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 Site plan of northern half of property, created from HPOWeb Site plan of southern portion of property, including most of the golf course, created from Google maps Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 Access to Lynrock Golf Course is from Valley Drive, a north -south running street that intersects with the east side of Highland Park Drive, the primary street within the Highland Park subdivision. The neighborhood of mostly Ranch houses developed in the 1950s around the same time as the golf course was built. Highland Park Drive lies south of and runs perpendicular to West Kings Highway, the major thoroughfare leading into downtown Eden from the east. Besides Highland Park, Lynrock Golf Club is surrounded by the city water and sewer treatment plant located on Mebane Bridge Road to the south. On the east, the golf course is bordered by wooded acreage to the south and several large apartment buildings to the north. An asphalt parking lot for golf course patrons is on the east side of Valley Drive. Low brick pillars linked by wood posts serve as fencing between the parking lot and the golf course and its attendant buildings. The same pillars and posts line both sides of the walkway linking the parking lot and golf pro shop. In addition to the golf course, Lynrock Golf Club includes two buildings: the circa 1955 original swim club with later additions and the 1970s storage building constructed in three phases. Sometime after 2019, the swimming pool was filled in and covered with a concrete slab. Swim club/pro shop building, view to the west-southwest 10 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 Inventory Swim club /pro shop Circa 1955 with additions from circa 1960, circa 1980, and circa 2000 The building that began as the swim club, has been expanded multiple times since the 1950s. The northernmost section of the swim club is a one -a -half -story, concrete block building with a gable front roof. The upper level is sheathed in vertical engineered wood. The gable front building is attached by an open breezeway to a long, one-story concrete building set perpendicular and located immediately to the south. A portion of this part of the building is visible in a 1961 aerial photograph. The breezeway served as an entrance to the pool area and provided access to the dressing rooms located in the one-story portion. The breezeway retains service windows where swimmers could check in before taking a plunge. The golf pro shop, office, and locker rooms have been added to the south end of the swim club. This portion of the building is concrete block and vertical wood siding. A one-story, front -gabled building serving as the office has been added to the east side of the south end of swim club. Vertical engineered -wood siding sheathes this addition that includes a shed -roofed porch and replacement windows. Other additions attach to the south and southeast corner of the swim club including the flat roofed pro shop with ten full -height windows on its south elevation and a long, gable -roofed dressing room building. Swim club addition from circa 1960, view to the southeast 11 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 Pro shop addition to swim club, view to the east Pro shop addition to swim club, view to the northwest 12 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 Storage building Circa 1970 with additions from circa 1993 and circa 2000 Three side -gabled sheds stand end to end east of the pool house/pro shop. A metal roof tops each of the wood -sided buildings. The buildings hold golf carts and other equipment. Two additions attach to the rear of the easternmost two buildings and another, more recent addition is attached to the northeast corner of the easternmost shed. A gable roof tops the most recent addition, which is partially open on four sides. Storage building, view to the north-northwest Golf course 1959 Gene Hamm, designer Lynrock Golf Course is an eighteen -hole public course occupying approximately 127 acres of the property's overall 136 acres. The designed landscape includes teeing grounds, fairways, greens, bunkers, and water features. Further variation of the terrain comes from the placement of tree lines, paved cart paths, topography deviations, and mowing patterns. The Dan River to the west and Smith River, which bisects the property from north to south, provide natural hazards for players. In addition to the playing areas, the course includes various manmade features meant to enhance or facilitate players' games. 13 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 Golf Course Features Suspension Bridge (1959): The most prominent manmade feature is an original suspension bridge over Smith River that provides access from hole one to hole two and between the fairway of hole seventeen and its green. The bridge, with its wood decking, can accommodate one cart at a time. According to the club manager, the bridge is original to the course. Memorial Wall (circa 2000): A brick retaining wall near the green for hole five contains twenty-five granite plaques, each bearing the name of a deceased golfer who formerly played at Lynrock Golf Course. Stone Bridges (circa 1990): Six stone veneered golf cart bridges with round concrete culverts cross small creeks that cross the course and drain into the Dan or Smith River. The parapets, end posts, and spandrels of the bridges are stone veneer and the decks are topped with asphalt. Steel Bridge (circa 2000): A temporary steel deck bridge with low steel railings crosses a creek on hole thirteen. Snack Bar (1959): A gable -front building with vertical wood siding and rafter tails on its side elevations stands at the top of a hill near the teeing ground for hole ten. The front gable overhangs the facade to shelter customers at the service window. It rests on a concrete slab. Restroom/equipment shelter (circa 1990): A restroom with attached open sided equipment shed stands alongside the teeing ground for hole fourteen. The restroom portion rests on tall wood piers and is topped by a pent and shed roof. Mowers and tractors in the shed are sheltered by a gable roof. Gazebo (circa 2015): A prefabricated gazebo with a hipped roof, bracketed vertical posts, and a picket -style balustrade stands near the tee ground for hole seven. Putting Green (1959): An oval putting green is just south of the swim club/pro shop. 14 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 Hole #1 teeing ground, view to the south Suspension bridge between hole #1 and hole #2, view to the east 15 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 Suspension bridge deck, view to the east Smith River from the suspension bridge, view to the south 16 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 Green on hole #3 looking toward teeing ground, view to the north Hole #4, view to the south 17 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 Stone bridge on hole #5, view to the west Memorial wall at green on hole #5, view to the northeast W Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 Hole #6, view to the southwest Gazebo at hole #7, view to the northwest 19 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 Bridge and cart path on hole #7, view to the east-northeast Hole #8 cart path and bridge looking toward green, view to the southwest 20 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 Cart path along hole #9, view to the northeast Hole #9 green and snack bar, view to the north-northeast 21 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 Cart path and bridge on hole #10, view to the south Fairway on hole #11, view to the northwest 22 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 Steel bridge over creek on hole #13, view to the south-southeast Restroom and equipment shed on hole #14, view to the northwest 23 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 Hole #15 cart path and green, view to the north Teeing ground for hole #17 with green in distance across the Smith River, view to the west 24 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 Suspension bridge over the Smith River, view to the west Green on hole #18 with Highland Park subdivision in background, view to the west 25 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 History of Lynrock Golf Course The Wilson family of Rockingham County established Lynrock Golf Club in 1959. The Wilsons hired golf course designer Gene Hamm to lay out the course at Lynrock. It was one of Hamm's earliest commissions during a career that spanned five decades. Before establishing the golf course, Mitchell Berlie Wilson (1924-2020) built a swim club (partially extant) on property that had belonged to his grandfather, James S. Wilson Sr. A plat from 1955 of the Highland Park subdivision, which is located immediately to the west of Lynrock Golf Club, shows a 249-feet-long and 74-feet-wide concrete oval pool and a bathhouse with a walkway between the two. The plat labels the pool complex, "Lynrock Park." The 1955 plat also includes a notation just north of the current location of the golf course that reads, "now property of Mitchell B. Wilson, proposed Lynrock Park Lots." suggesting that Mitchell Wilson planned to subdivide part of the property. Indeed, before building the golf course, Mitchell Wilson subdivided that land to create five lots where small Ranch houses were built in the late 1950s. Those houses remain standing.' Swimming pool established in the 1950s at Lynrock Golf Course (not extant), undated photo, from Rockingham County Historical Society Museum and Archives It is unclear if Mitchell Wilson worked in the development business with his father, James S. Wilson Jr. (1905-1968), who dabbled in real estate development and owned and operated J. S. Wilson Jr. Feed, Flour, and Seed Store in Leaksville (now the city of Eden). James Wilson Jr. 1 Rockingham County Plat Book 7, page 94, Rockingham County Register of Deeds. 26 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 was Mitchell Wilson's stepfather. In 1927, James Wilson Jr. married Pauline Allen Wilson (1907-1988) whose first husband, Berlie E. Iroler, died of typhoid fever at age 21 in 1923. At the time of her marriage to James Wilson Jr., Pauline had a young son, Mitchell, who Wilson Jr. raised as his biological child. The couple went on to have six additional children.z Mitchell Wilson was born in Hillsville, Virginia in 1924, graduated from Leaksville High School, and attended Mars Hill College before entering the United States Navy during World War II. In 1952, he married Dorothy May Sutton (1923-2004).3 Dorothy S. Wilson was a career educator with focus on students with special needs.4 Lynrock Golf Course remains in the Wilson family with Mitchell Wilson's grandson, Marcus Wilson, currently operating the business. Golf in the Post -World War II Era in North Carolina Mitchell Wilson developed Lynrock Golf Course during a period when the sport was enjoying increasing popularity. In the years after the end of World War II, interest and participation in golf expanded in North Carolina and with that growth came the establishment of more golf courses evidenced by the number built in Rockingham County alone from the 1950s into the 1970s. Following the war, increased leisure time, greater car ownership, and improved roads meant those interested in golf had greater access to courses located beyond town and city limits. Whereas in the 1920s, golf emerged as a sport for the elite, by the 1950s and 1960s, its popularity among the middle class grew significantly. Following the war, golf course designers were in high demand as the need for the construction of new courses increased. As the career of well-known designers like Donald Ross were ending, new figures emerged, many with specialized training from well -regarded landscape architecture schools. Robert Trent Jones Sr., who studied at Cornell, became the first widely - known designer in the twenty years after World War II. His plans offered a new type of course with large greens and longer fairways. An alternative design of the period focused less on difficulty and more on a type of minimalism where courses incorporated natural features of the property. These courses required less construction and earth moving and made is possible for entrepreneurs with smaller budgets to open golf courses.5 During the years after World War, a new crop of golf course designers emerged in the southeast. Some, like George W. Cobb of Georgia, were formally trained in landscape architecture or allied fields. A significant number of golf course designers were or had been Z Familysearch.org, accessed April 20, 2022; Berlie E. Iroler, Commonwealth of Virginia Certificate of Death, dated July 15, 1923, on ancestry.com, accessed April 15, 2022. 3 Mitchell B. Wilson obituary, August 2020, Fair Funeral Home, fairfunerallhome.com, accessed April 20, 2022. 4 Dorothy Sutton Wilson obituary, Greensboro News and Record, February 18, 2004. 5 Mark Rowlinson (ed.), World Atlas of Golf The Greatest Courses and How they are Played (New York: Octopus Publishing Group Ltd., 2010), 18. 27 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 players. George Fazio (1912-1986) played as a Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) professional in the 1940s and 1950s. When his playing career ended, he became a well-known course designer, often working with his nephews, Tom and Jim Fazio. In 1979, he and Tom Fazio designed course number six at Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Pete Dye (1925-2020) won amateur championships in the 1950s and qualified for the United States Open in 1957. He and his wife, Alice Dye, also an amateur golfer, began designing courses around 1960 with Alice providing the drawings in the early years. By the time his career ended, he was considered the most influential golf course designer of the second half of the twentieth century. His North Carolina work includes the public Oak Hollow golf course in High Point, which was completed in 1972, and an eighteen -hole course built in 1987 at Landfall, a private resort in Wilmington.6 Gene Hamm: Golf Course Designer and Builder Like Fazio and Dye, Gene Hamm transitioned from golfer to course designer. By 1959 when the course at Lynrock was completed, Gene Hamm had been in the golf course design business for about ten years. He had also risen to prominence for his golf game, winning tournaments across North Carolina. Eugene Perry Hamm Jr. was born on November 28, 1923, in Henderson, North Carolina to Cleo Beatrice Williams Hamm and Eugene Perry Hamm Sr. The family moved to Raleigh where, as a teenager, Hamm served as a caddy at the Raleigh Golf Association course. Although he stood only 5'5", Hamm's athleticism helped him become multi -talented competitor in boxing, diving, bowling, racquetball, and golf.? In 1939, he captured the flight weight title in the golden gloves tournament in Wilmington.8 After graduating from Hugh Morson High School, Hamm joined the United States Navy during World War II and was stationed for some time in Elizabeth City.9 In 1946, after leaving the service, he worked as an assistant golf professional at a nine -hole course in High Point. He served as a golf professional in clubs in Washington, Henderson, Tarboro, New Bern, Pinehurst, and Mount Airy, North Carolina in the late 1940s and early 1950s.10 After joining the PGA in 1954, he competed in the 1958 PGA Tournament and the 1960 United States Open. 6 "From Start to Finish," Indianapolis Star, January 8, 1961; "Pete Dye Designed Courses," Golf Pass, golfpass.com, accessed April 22, 2022. 7 "Hamm Cops Title in Ring Carnival," (Raleigh) News and Observer, April 6, 1941; "Prince Nufer Sets Mark in Local Swimming Meet," News and Observer, July 6, 1944; U. S. World War II Draft Card, Eugene P. Hamm Jr., June 30, 1942, ancestry.com, accessed April 16, 2022; "Gene Hamm," Carolinas PGA Hall of Fame, 2021, carolinas.pga.com, accessed April 21, 2022. 8 "Liles Expects Crowd for Bouts Saturday," News and Observer, December 21, 1945. 9 Eugene Hamm Jr. obituary, News and Observer, December 18, 2016. io "New Job," News and Observer, September 23, 1951. 28 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 In 1966, he won the North Carolina Open.11 He captured the Carolinas PGA Senior Open title in 1977 and 1978 at Beechwood Golf Club, a course he designed in North Mvrtle Beach in 1968.12 Gene Hamm (circled) in the (Raleigh) News and Observer, May 26, 1961 Although an outstanding golfer, Hamm discovered a career in designing golf courses. His first commission came in 1949 when he laid out a nine -hole course at Washington Yacht and Country Club in Washington, North Carolina, where he also served as head professional and course superintendent. From there he went on to design and build around seventy-seven courses. Even as he began planning and laying out courses, he remained a competitive golfer, often playing on courses he designed. Hamm worked under well-known golf course designers Ellis Maples and Robert Trent Jones Sr., with whom he collaborated on the golf course at Duke University in Durham. By the end of his career, he designed well -regarded courses in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and New York. The PGA Hall of Fame inducted him in 2001.13 Hamm found inspiration for his designs from well-known course architects, once telling a golf magazine "a lot of the mounding in the greens was inspired by [Donald] Ross, and the approach I took with the large bunkering came from [Robert Trent] Jones." In that same magazine article he commented that in the 1950s and 1960s, much of the earth moving to create a course was done by hand because of a lack of technology and equipment that would come later. Hamm was known to establish courses within the existing environment, saying "I 11 Hamm obituary; "Gene Hamm Stays Busy," (Durham) Herald -Sun, July 11, 1968. 11 "Gene Hamm," Carolinas PGA Hall of Fame, 2021, carolinas.pga.com, accessed April 21, 2022. 13 Hamm obituary. 29 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 would base my success on whether or not golfers could tell if I had moved any dirt."14 Because he designed numerous courses for rural golf businesses, some having less land than a traditional country club, Hamm had ways to keep costs down. "You can keep the course pretty tight and not take out so many trees. You don't move as much dirt. You don't elevate the greens as much. You keep the greens smaller." For Hamm, shorter fairways did not make the game of golf any easier. "It's not hard to keep a golf course challenging when the hole is only four and a quarter inch wide."15 In July 1946, Gene Hamm married Mary LaRue Britt (1926-2018) and the couple had two sons. The family moved around but returned Raleigh in 1971 where Gene Hamm built the family home. They remained in the house until 2014.16 Gene Hamm passed away in 2016. Context. Gene Hamm -Designed Golf Courses in North Carolina Although Lynrock Golf Club is the only course Gene Hamm designed in Rockingham County, he is responsible for approximately forty-seven courses in North Carolina from the mountains to the coast. Hamm's designs range from small public courses in rural areas to courses at country clubs in Pinehurst, the center of golf in North Carolina. Clubhouse at Meadowbrook Country Club (NRHP, 2009) in Garner 14 GolfClubAtlas.com discussion board, no date, accessed April 13, 2022. is "Grand Strand Golf Architects: Gene Hamm," Myrtle Beach Golf Authority, myrtle-beachgolf.com, accessed April 19, 2022. 16 Hamm obituary. 30 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 In 1966, Hamm's design for a nine -hole course was built at Meadowbrook Country Club (NRHP, 2009) in Garner, Wake County. Typical of his work, several fairways stretch out parallel to one another to fit in a relatively compact area. The club includes support buildings and features from the 1960s. Founded by a group of Black businessmen during a period of intense racial segregation, Meadowbrook Country Club was listed in the NRHP for its significance in the areas of recreation/entertainment, Black ethnic heritage, and social history. The golf course serves as one component of the complex and does not possess individual significance for its design or association with Gene Hamm.17 As of April 2022, the club is closed and the course is overgrown. Teeing ground at Falling Creek Country Club in Kinston Hamm designed the eighteen -hole course at Falling Creek Country Club outside Kinston in Lenoir County in 1967. According to its website, Falling Creek features "narrow fairways and long par threes... nestled between huge oaks, tall pines, and a well -maintained landscape." Hamm laid out the course on 125 acres at a cost of about $150,000. A group of Kinston businessmen formed a corporation to start the course. They included Jack Rider, Jack Dawson, James Daniel (J. D.) Sutton Jr., Donnie Gay, and J. B. Ham. J. D. Sutton Jr. owned equipment and built the course according to Hamm's design. Sutton bought the club in 1986 and currently his daughter, Angie Malone, owns and manages the course, which is in excellent condition.18 The club includes a swim club. 17 Sybil Argintar, Meadowbrook Country Club National Register of Historic Places nomination, December 16, 2009, files.nc.gov, accessed April 12, 2022. 18 Angie Sutton Malone, interview with Jennifer F. Martin, April 11, 2022. 31 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 In the 1968, Gene Hamm designed the Red Fox Course at Foxfire Golf and Country Club near Pinehurst. One of his most high -profile commissions because of its location in the cradle of golf in North Carolina and because it stood at the center of an expansive Sandhills resort, the eighteen -hole course garnered high praise upon its completion and maturation in the years that followed. In 1970, veteran golf professional Gene Sarazen, who won seven major tournaments in his career, called it "one of the nicest courses I've seen in this part of the country. The lakes and the design in general will add a lot to golf around here."19 Context. Historic Golf Courses in Rockingham County Rockingham County contains at least six additional golf courses predating 1972. They range from nine -hole public courses built on former farmland to eighteen -hole courses located at private country clubs. Pennrose Country Club and golf course, from Pennrose Country Club website The oldest golf facility in the county is the first nine holes of the course located at Pennrose Park Country Club in Reidsville. Charles A. Penn (1868-1931), vice president of American Tobacco Company, financed the construction of the club, which opened in August 1929 in the Pennrose Park subdivision that Penn also developed around the same time. C. A. Penn and his wife, Stella Penn, maintained homes on Park Avenue in New York and in Reidsville.20 When it opened, Pennrose Country Club included a nine -hole course designed by Donald J. Ross.21 In 1945, Ross designed an addition to expand the course to eighteen holes.22 A 1929 Tudor Revival -style clubhouse forms the center of the country club, that also includes tennis courts and a swimming pool. 19 "Golf Talk," News and Observer, November 1, 1970. 21 "Charles Penn Dead in N.Y.," Charlotte Observer, October 23, 1931. 11 "Throng Attends Opening of Club," News and Observer, August 18, 1929. 11 Pennrose Park Country Club website, pennroseparkcc.com, accessed April 7, 2022. 32 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 Opened in 1939, Monroeton Golf Club occupies 130 acres in the unincorporated community of Monroeton. After Pennrose Country Club denied him membership in the late 1930s, Hugh P. Griffin Sr. began planning the construction of a course southwest of Reidsville. With help from a plow mule, his son, Hugh P. Griffin Jr., and some neighbors, the elder Griffin built the nine - hole public course on what was a tobacco and wheat farm. Sheep were allowed to graze on the course when it closed temporarily during World War II.23 Hugh P. Griffin Jr. took over the course and added an additional nine holes. Griffin Jr., who was an attorney, converted an old barn standing along one of the fairways into a law office for his associates and himself. In 2000, Griffin Jr. sold the course to Jo Ann P. and Otis Tillman Green with the stipulation that Griffin Jr. and his wife would enjoy free golfing privileges for life and that the law office, which remains extant, could use water from wells located on the course. After retiring from farming, Jo Ann and Otis Green operated the golf course together, hosting tournaments and other events centered golf. Otis Green sold the course to Mark Lambeth in 2006. The course is little altered since its construction.24 Green at Monroeton Golf Club in Monroeton Dan Valley Golf Course in Stoneville opened in September 1953. Retired farmer John Tony "Johnnie" Philpott Sr. (1882-1963) designed and built the nine -hole course that was expanded to eighteen holes in 2008. The public course's fairways and greens are laid out in a compact 13 Greensboro News & Record, November 15, 1997. 24 Otis T. Green, interview with Jennifer F. Martin, April 4, 2022. 33 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 arrangement on thirty-six acres of former farmland. Cart paths are dirt and the course does not include sand traps. Mike Philpott, the founder's son, owns and operates the course.25 Dan Valley Golf Couse pro shop (left) and typical fairway at the course in Stonevillle Noted golf course architect Ellis Maples (1908-1984) designed Meadow Greens Country Club, now called Oak Hills Country Club, which opened in Eden in 1958. Maples, a protege and employee of Donald Ross, designed around sixty courses in the southeast. Maples' father, Frank Maples, constructed courses for Donald Ross and served as greenkeeper at Pinehurst Resort and Country Club. While working under Donald Ross, Ellis Maples supervised the construction of Ross's last design, Raleigh Country Club. Maples designed Pinehurst #5 (1961), Red Fox in Tryon (1965), Cedar Rock Country Club in Lenoir (1965), and Indian Valley Country Club in Alamance County (1967-1968).26 Maples' eighteen -hole public course in Eden occupies 130 acres of rolling hills dotted with native oak and pine trees. The property includes a heavily altered 1958 clubhouse, modern swimming pool, and concrete block golf shop likely dating to the 1960s. Putting green (left) and 1958 clubhouse (right) at the former Meadow Greens Country Club 15 Mike Philpott, interview with Jennifer F. Martin, April 4, 2022. 16 "Ellis Maples," American Society of Golf Course Architects website, asgca.org, accessed April 20, 2022; "Ellis Maples: Accomplished Architect Wore Every Hat in Golf," Triad Golf Today website, triadgolf.com, accessed April 20, 2022. 34 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 Ponderosa Golf Club fairway Pro shop at Ponderosa Golf Club 35 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 Opened in 1961, Ponderosa Golf Club near Stoneville includes nine holes and the original but renovated side -gabled -roofed golf shop. Clyde Harold Claybrook (1923-1998) laid out and built the course situated on forty acres. Ellis Maples designed the course built at Deep Springs Country Club in 1971. The eighteen - hole course occupies most of the 295-acre property east of Madison and south of Stoneville. The long fairways wind around a residential neighborhood developed in the 1970s and 1980s. The club includes a circa 2000 Colonial Revival -style brick clubhouse, a swimming pool, and early 1970s pool house. Clubhouse and swim club at Deep Springs Country Club (left) and fairway (right) Statewide Context: North Carolina Golf Courses in the National Register of Historic Places and Determined Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places Two golf courses in North Carolina are listed in the NRHP. Municipal Golf Course (BN1825, NRHP 2005) in Asheville, Buncombe County was listed on the local level under criteria A and C for significance in the areas of entertainment/recreation and Black ethnic heritage as the first city owned golf course in North Carolina and the first municipal golf course to be desegregated. The course was also listed in the area of landscape architecture as an intact example of the work of golf course designer Donald Ross. In Wake County, Meadowbrook Country Club (WA1504, NRHP 2009) was listed for its statewide significance in the areas of recreation/entertainment, Black ethnic heritage, and social history as the only known private Black country club in North Carolina founded before the implementation of integration legislation. Several golf courses in North Carolina are listed in the NRHP as contributing resources in historic districts. The Pinehurst National Historic Landmark Historic District (MR0615, NHL 1996) includes Pinehurst #2, which was built in 1901 according to plans by Donald Ross and redesigned by Ross in 1935. Another Ross design within the district, Pinehurst #4, dates to 1914 and 1919. Abandoned during the Great Depression, the country club resurrected the 36 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 course in the 1950s. Robert Trent Jones lengthened the course in 1973. The golf course at the Hope Valley Country Club in the Hope Valley in Historic District (DH2730, NRHP 2009) was designed by Donald Ross in 1927. Alterations occurred in 1937-1938 and circa 1967. In 1982- 1983 and 2002, the course was rehabilitated using Ross's original drawings and notes. Four golf courses have been determined eligible (DOE) for the NRHP. They include the Donald Ross -designed Stryker Golf Course (CD0331, DOE 2000), which was completed in 1946 at Fort Bragg in Cumberland County. It was determined eligible in the areas of military, entertainment/recreation, and landscape architecture. The significance of Boone Golf Club (WT0952, DOE 2019) in Watauga County originates from its importance in the areas of entertainment/recreation and for its association with Wade E. Brown, a local prominent figure who facilitated the establishment of the course as a tool of economic development. The course was not determined eligible for its association with its designer Ellis Maples because the course does not represent one of his most notable designs. Sedgefield Country Club and Golf Course (GF1240, DOE 2021) was determined eligible under Criterion A for Black ethnic heritage, social history, and entertainment/recreation. The property's primary significance comes from its role in the 1961 PGA tournament that included golfer Charlie Sifford, the first Black player to earn a PGA tour card and to play in a PGA tournament in the Jim Crow South. The golf course was not cited as significant for its association with designer Donald Ross because better examples of his work exist elsewhere in North Carolina, namely Pinehurst No. 2. In Transylvania County, the 1966 golf course at Glen Cannon Country Club (TV0664, DOE 2019) was determined eligible on the local level under Criterion A in the area of entertainment/recreation for its association with golf as a leisure activity and under Criterion C in the area of landscape architecture. The course designed by Willie B. Lewis is the only intact pre-1970 golf course in the county. National Register of Historic Places Evaluation For purposes of compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, Lynrock Golf Course is recommended not eligible for the NRHP. The course is one of seven pre-1972 golf courses in Rockingham County and one of forty-five courses in North Carolina designed by Gene Hamm. Among the historic golf courses in the county, all of which remain mostly unchanged since construction, Lynrock Golf Course does not best illustrate or represent significance in the areas of entertainment/recreation or landscape architecture. Additionally, the course is one of at least forty-five that Gene Hamm designed in North Carolina and does not represent the best or most outstanding work of the prolific designer. Integrity The golf course at Lynrock Golf Course retains the seven aspects of integrity needed for NRHP eligibility. The golf course occupies its original acreage on the east bank of the Dan River in southeast Eden and therefore retains its integrity of location and setting. Overall, the golf course retains its original appearance and function giving the property the historic feeling and 37 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 association of a post -World War II designed recreational landscape. The golf course's form, character -defining features, plan, and spatial relationships to other features on the property are intact, providing course at Lynrock Golf Course with a high degree of integrity of design, workmanship, and materials. While the course remains intact, the support buildings have undergone considerable alteration. The swim club/pro shop, built in the 1950s, includes at least three additions. After 2019, the swimming pool was filled in with concrete. The storage building, used to house carts and equipment, dates to around 1970 and includes several additions. Neither building retains requisite integrity to be considered contributing in the overall Lynrock Golf Course complex. Criterion A Lynrock Golf Course is not eligible for the NRHP under Criterion A. To be eligible under Criterion A, the property must retain integrity and be associated with a specific event marking an important moment in American prehistory of history or a pattern of events or historic trend that made a significant contribution to the development of a community, state, or nation. Furthermore, the property must have existed at the time and be documented to be associated with the events. Finally, the property's specific association must be important as well. Lynrock Golf Course is one of seven golf courses that document the history of golf as a recreational sport in Rockingham County in the twentieth century. Among the county's similar resources, it remains an undistinguishable example and lacks any individual distinction or significant association as a golf course from the late 1950s. Criterion B Lynrock Golf Course is not recommended eligible for the NRHP under Criterion B as it does not have any associations with any significant historical figure. For a property to be eligible for significance under Criterion B, it must retain integrity and be associated with the lives of persons significant in our past and be associated with a person's productive life, reflecting the time period when that person achieved significance. Neither Mitchell B. Wilson nor any other figure associated with Lynrock Golf Course achieved historic significance on any level. Criterion C Lynrock Golf Course is recommended not eligible for the NRHP under Criterion C. For a property to be eligible under this criterion, it must retain integrity and either embody distinct characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, represent the work of a master, m Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 possess high artistic value, or represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction. Lynrock Golf Course is among at least seven golf courses built before 1972 in Rockingham County. Lynrock does not appear to possess any distinct characteristics when compared to the other courses in the county. The course is typical for the type of minimalist layout found where courses had to fit onto a relatively small parcel. Lynrock Golf Course was one of designer Gene Hamm's earliest commissions, but it is not one of his most highly regarded or notable designs and does not possess discernable significance among the courses he completed. Although Gene Hamm designed at least forty-five golf courses in North Carolina from the late 1940s into the 1980s, he is one among several designers working during the boom construction period after World War II. George Cobb (1914-1986), a native of Georgia, created more than 100 designs for courses in the southeast. Cobb's first course was at Camp Lejeune during World War II, a course he designed and built with the assistance of Fred Finlay. Among his many North Carolina commissions were courses in Charlotte, Chapel Hill, Cashiers, Caswell Beach, and Boone. He gained particular fame for his Par 3 course at Augusta National Golf Club, which he completed in 1959. Another contemporary of Gene Hamm, Ellis Maples (1909- 1984), a native North Carolinian and protege of Donald Ross, designed around seventy courses in North and South Carolina during his thirty-year career that began in the late 1940s. He designed courses at Boone Golf Club (WT0952) and in Rockingham County, Grandfather Mountain, Pinehurst, Linville, Smithfield, and Greensboro. Criterion D Lynrock Golf Course is recommended not eligible for the NRHP under Criterion D. For a property to be eligible under Criterion D, it must have or have had information to that contributes to our understanding of human history or prehistory and the information must be considered important. Lynrock Golf Club is not eligible under Criterion D because it is not likely to yield any new information pertaining to the history of recreation or design not obtainable through historic research. 39 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 IV. Bibliography Argintar, Sybil. Meadowbrook Country Club National Register of Historic Places nomination, December 16, 2009. Berlie E. Iroler. Commonwealth of Virginia Certificate of Death. Dated July 15, 1923. "Charles Penn Dead in N.Y." Charlotte Observer. October 23, 1931. Dorothy Sutton Wilson obituary. Greensboro News and Record. February 18, 2004. "Ellis Maples." American Society of Golf Course Architects website. Asgca.org. "Ellis Maples: Accomplished Architect Wore Every Hat in Golf." Triad Golf Today website. Triadgolf.com. Eugene Hamm Jr. obituary. (Raleigh) News and Observer. December 18, 2016 Family Search website. Familysearch.org. "From Start to Finish." Indianapolis Star. January 8, 1961. "Gene Hamm." Carolinas PGA Hall of Fame, 2021. Carolinas.pga.com. "Gene Hamm Stays Busy." (Durham) Herald -Sun. July 11, 1968. GolfClubAtlas.com discussion board. "Golf Talk." News and Observer. November 1, 1970. "Grand Strand Golf Architects: Gene Hamm." Myrtle Beach Golf Authority. Myrtle- beachgolf.com. Green, Otis T. Interview with Jennifer F. Martin. April 4, 2022. Greensboro News & Record. November 15, 1997. Hamm Cops Title in Ring Carnival." News and Observer. April 6, 1941. "Liles Expects Crowd for Bouts Saturday." News and Observer, December 21, 1945. Malone, Angie Sutton. Interview with Jennifer F. Martin. April 11, 2022. Eel Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022 Mitchell B. Wilson obituary. August 2020. Fair Funeral Home. Fairfunerallhome.com. "New Job." News and Observer. September 23, 1951. Pennrose Park Country Club website. Pennroseparkcc.com. "Pete Dye Designed Courses." Golf Pass website. Golfpass.com. Philpott, Mike. Interview with Jennifer F. Martin. April 4, 2022. "Prince Nufer Sets Mark in Local Swimming Meet." News and Observer. July 6, 1944. Rockingham County Plat Books. Rockingham County Register of Deeds. Rowlinson, Mark (ed.). World Atlas of Golf: The Greatest Courses and How they are Played. New York: Octopus Publishing Group Ltd., 2010. "Throng Attends Opening of Club." News and Observer. August 18, 1929. U. S. World War II Draft Card. Eugene P. Hamm Jr. June 30, 1942. Ancestry.com. 41 Historic Architectural Analysis Remove Bridge No. 233 on SR 1964 (Mebane Bridge Road) and Sewer Line Relocation, Rockingham County, North Carolina TIP# BP7. R021 WBS# BP7.R021.1 PA# 22-01-0024 May 2022