Photo: Frank da Cruz, 14 May 2017
See Split Rock
Golf House and Course gallery
Split Rock Golf Clubhouse, built in 1934-36 with New Deal funding
and labor. Architects: Aymur Embury II[2],
John MattNews Hatton[3].
References:
- NYC
Parks Department Press Release 20 May 1936: Opening Day announcement.
- NYC Golf Club
Houses, Page Ayres Cowley Architecture, LLC: Conditions Assessment,
Restoration,
Rehabilitation & Adaptive Re-Use — Pelham / Split Rock Golf
Clubhouse, accessed 2 November 2019: "PACA, retained as Architect of
Record, prepared a conditions assessment and feasibility study for the
enlargement and comprehensive upgrade of the clubhouse, designed in 1936
by Aymar Embury II". PACA is the firm that renovated the building
in 2009. Also the Parks Department names Embury as the (or a) Split Rock
architect on this
page.
- Friends of Pelham Bay
Park website, Architecture: “Pelham Bay-Split Rock Golf Course
Clubhouse. Built in 1936 under Parks Commissioner Robert Moses. Architect:
John MattNews Hatton.” Hatton also collaborated with Embury on other
prominent NYC New Deal projects, including Astoria Pool and Play
Center in Queens, and Betsy Head Pool and Play
Center in Brooklyn.