Whitemarsh Valley Country Club
Architect: George Thomas Year: 1908 815 Thomas Rd, Lafayette Hill, PA 19444 Phone: (215) 233-3901 Course Access: Private https://www.whitemarshvalleycc.com/ |
Whitemarsh Valley Country Club
In the late 1600's when William Penn granted land ownership, a defining moment in American history which involved the area called White Marsh, so named due to the morning whitish aura, the mists arising from the many springs and meandering Wissahickon Creek.
In 1777, General George Washington personally selected this suburban Philadelphia territory as a strategic campsite for the Continental Army.
Whitemarsh Valley Country Club was incorporated on April 6, 1908, by a group of former members of Mount Airy, which was forced to disband when the club was unable to get a satisfactory extension of its lease.
The bulk of the club’s land— its present property—was bought from George C. Thomas, Jr., over the next three years. Progress forced the replacement of the original clubhouse, rebuilt 200 years later in 1969. The Clubhouse has undergone major renovations in the years 2000 and 2017.
In 1777, General George Washington personally selected this suburban Philadelphia territory as a strategic campsite for the Continental Army.
Whitemarsh Valley Country Club was incorporated on April 6, 1908, by a group of former members of Mount Airy, which was forced to disband when the club was unable to get a satisfactory extension of its lease.
The bulk of the club’s land— its present property—was bought from George C. Thomas, Jr., over the next three years. Progress forced the replacement of the original clubhouse, rebuilt 200 years later in 1969. The Clubhouse has undergone major renovations in the years 2000 and 2017.
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COURSE REVIEW BY: CHRIS MAVROS, GOLFADELPHIA
Course: In Lafayette, PA, about 15 minutes outside of Center City, resides Whitemarsh Valley Country Club, a course designed by George Thomas. Thomas has designed such masterpieces as Riviera, Los Angeles CC North, Bel-Air and Stanford’s course. One of my first experiences on a golf course was one by Thomas, although I wasn’t golfing. Instead, I was in high school, running a cross country invitational on Stanford’s course. From what I remember the couple times I was there, it was decidedly hilly with width, but I was more focused on other things, such as surviving the grueling hills and trying not to let the entire field pass me. At any rate, Whitemarsh is one of the few George Thomas designed course on the East coast and is his first 18 hole design. Instead of the usual arrangement where a property owner or club hiring the architect to design the course, Thomas designed the course on his own property. In fact, part of his house and barn is still there; used as the Men’s locker room and grill. Thomas subsequently sold the course to Whitemarsh in 1908, who has had it ever since...... Click Here To Read Hole By Hole