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The '''Hillcrest Golf and Country Club''' was a 92 acre golf course and private country club located off of [[Oxmoor Road]] in [[Homewood]], on the present site of the [[Palisades]] shopping center. It was established in [[1922]].  
The '''Hillcrest Golf and Country Club''' was a 92-acre golf course and private country club located off of [[Oxmoor Road]] in [[Homewood]], on the present site of the [[Palisades]] shopping center.
 
The country club was established in [[1922]] and served Birmingham's Jewish community. It later merged with the [[Fairmont Country Club]] to become the [[Pinetree Country Club]].


The land was also the former site of the [[Zamora Shrine Temple]] before it became the present day shopping center.
The land was also the former site of the [[Zamora Shrine Temple]] before it became the present day shopping center.

Revision as of 16:42, 21 December 2018

Map of Hillcrest Country Club.jpg

The Hillcrest Golf and Country Club was a 92-acre golf course and private country club located off of Oxmoor Road in Homewood, on the present site of the Palisades shopping center.

The country club was established in 1922 and served Birmingham's Jewish community. It later merged with the Fairmont Country Club to become the Pinetree Country Club.

The land was also the former site of the Zamora Shrine Temple before it became the present day shopping center.

Golf course demolition

All photographs are from 1986.

References

  • Summe, Sheryl Spradling. (2001). Homewood: The Life of a City. Homewood, AL: Friends of the Homewood Public Library.