Kansas Golf Course's Structures Threatened by Subdivision
Preservation, November, 2005 by Margaret Foster
A 60-acre golf course and golf club factory in Shawnee, Kan., may become just another housing development.
Golf guru Kenneth Smith moved into an 1869 house in 1933, transforming the estate into a his club-making headquarters. After his widow died 10 years ago, the land fell into the hands of local developer Darol Rodrock, who plans to tear down all eight historic buildings to make way for 86 new houses.
Local laws do not protect Smith's house, manufacturing facility, clubhouse, barn, garage, and three-par golf course. The fate of the buildings may be in the hands of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is overseeing a Section 106 review process necessary because of drainage issues. (The National Trust's Mountains-Plains Office is a consultant in the process.)...
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