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The '''Hillcrest Golf and Country Club''' was a 92-acre | The '''Hillcrest Golf and Country Club''' was a 92-acre 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]] | The country club was an outgrowth of the [[Phoenix Club]], which had been founded in [[1883]] by Birmingham's Reform Jewish community, predominantly those of German descent. That group became dormant before the 1920s. In [[1922]] [[Hugo Marx]], [[Leo Kayser]], and [[G. Goldman]] led a group which purchased the property for $40,000 and developed a 9-hole golf course and clubhouse building. | ||
In [[1957]] the club commissioned architect [[Lawrence Whitten]] to design a new clubhouse which would accommodate 250 people, and assessed each member $1,000, which was to be held in trust and returned if the proposed new building and its furnishings could not be secured for less than $300,000. | In [[1957]] the club commissioned architect [[Lawrence Whitten]] to design a new clubhouse which would accommodate 250 people, and assessed each member $1,000, which was to be held in trust and returned if the proposed new building and its furnishings could not be secured for less than $300,000. | ||
It merged | It merged on [[May 20]], [[1968]] with the newer Conservative (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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==References== | ==References== | ||
* {{Elovitz-1974}} | |||
* {{Summe-2001}} | * {{Summe-2001}} | ||
* Brook, Lawrence (2008) "[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/birmingham-2 Birmingham, Alabama]" in ''Encyclopedia Judaica''. American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise - accessed December 21, 2018 | * Brook, Lawrence (2008) "[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/birmingham-2 Birmingham, Alabama]" in ''Encyclopedia Judaica''. American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise - accessed December 21, 2018 | ||
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[[Category:Jewish culture]] | [[Category:Jewish culture]] | ||
[[Category:Oxmoor Road]] | [[Category:Oxmoor Road]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:1922 establishments]] | ||
[[Category:1968 disestablishments]] | [[Category:1968 disestablishments]] | ||
Revision as of 15:48, 22 December 2018
The Hillcrest Golf and Country Club was a 92-acre private country club located off of Oxmoor Road in Homewood, on the present site of the Palisades shopping center.
The country club was an outgrowth of the Phoenix Club, which had been founded in 1883 by Birmingham's Reform Jewish community, predominantly those of German descent. That group became dormant before the 1920s. In 1922 Hugo Marx, Leo Kayser, and G. Goldman led a group which purchased the property for $40,000 and developed a 9-hole golf course and clubhouse building.
In 1957 the club commissioned architect Lawrence Whitten to design a new clubhouse which would accommodate 250 people, and assessed each member $1,000, which was to be held in trust and returned if the proposed new building and its furnishings could not be secured for less than $300,000.
It merged on May 20, 1968 with the newer Conservative (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
- Elovitz, Mark H. (1974) A Century of Jewish Life in Dixie: The Birmingham Experience. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press ISBN 0817369015
- Summe, Sheryl Spradling. (2001). Homewood: The Life of a City. Homewood, AL: Friends of the Homewood Public Library.
- Brook, Lawrence (2008) "Birmingham, Alabama" in Encyclopedia Judaica. American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise - accessed December 21, 2018