John Hamilton Gillespie poses under a large palmetto - Sarasota, Florida

Title

• John Hamilton Gillespie poses under a large palmetto - Sarasota, Florida

Image Number

• RC01851

Year

• 1901

Series Title

• General: Reference collection

Biography Note

• Credited with building the first golf course in the U.S. In May 1886 he cleared a woods, on Main Street, and laid out a long fairway. By 1905 there was a complete 9 hole course, plus a clubhouse, on a 110 acre tract. Gillespie built and owned for ten years, Sarasota's DeSoto Hotel.

Photographer/Personal Author

• Pinard, Felix.

Physical Description

• 1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 5 in.

Subject Term

• Proprietors--Florida--Sarasota
• Cabbage palmetto

Geographic Term

• Sarasota (Fla)

Personal Subject

• Gillespie, John Hamilton, 1852-1923

Shelf Number

• Shelf number: 15226.

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