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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. | 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 | The country club was founded in [[1883]], serving Birmingham's German Jewish community. It merged in [[1969]] with the newer East European-Jewish [[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. | ||
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[[Category:Golf courses]] | [[Category:Golf courses]] | ||
[[Category:Oxmoor Road]] | [[Category:Oxmoor Road]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:1883 establishments]] | ||
Revision as of 16:46, 21 December 2018
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 founded in 1883, serving Birmingham's German Jewish community. It merged in 1969 with the newer East European-Jewish 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.
Looking southeast
Looking southeast
Looking southwest
References
- Summe, Sheryl Spradling. (2001). Homewood: The Life of a City. Homewood, AL: Friends of the Homewood Public Library.