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Roseland Golf Course

455 Kennedy Drive West, City of Windsor, Ontario, N9G, Canada

Reconnu formellement en: 2003/08/25

Designed in 1926 by pre-eminent golf course architect Donald J. Ross; City of Windsor, Planning Department
Roseland Golf Course, Aerial View, 2000
The basic Ross design, shown in this 1926 drawing, remains intact at Roseland.; Tufts Archive in Pinehurst, NC/Jeff Mingay
Original layout for Roseland Golf Course, 1926
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Autre nom(s)

Roseland Golf Course
Roseland Golf and Curling Club Ltd.

Liens et documents

Date(s) de construction

1926/01/01 à 1927/01/01

Inscrit au répertoire canadien: 2006/06/29

Énoncé d'importance

Description du lieu patrimonial

Roseland Golf Course is an 18-hole golf course designed by renowned golf architect Donald J. Ross in 1926. Located in south Windsor and one of only a few Ross-designed Canadian courses, it is recognized for its heritage value by City of Windsor Bylaw 281-2003.

Valeur patrimoniale

The heritage value of Roseland Golf Course lies in its trademark Ross design features, which include its strategic merits, distinctive creativity and natural beauty. Golf’s most renowned and respected architect, Donald J. Ross (1872-1948) is credited with advancing the philosophy of golf architecture from the penal to the strategic, making the sport more enjoyable and popular. Although he left behind a legacy of 413 golf courses, he designed and/or remodelled only about 15 in Canada. Although the Roseland course was more open when built in 1927, the basic Ross design remains intact with all 18 holes and all greens in their original position.

There is also historical value in Roseland’s association with entrepreneur, businessman and avid sportsman, Henry James (Harry) Neal, who brought Ross to Windsor to design the golf course as the centrepiece of his Roseland Park subdivision. Neal helped establish the continuing Essex-Kent Boys’ Golf Tournament and was also the first President of the Windsor Rotary Club. In 1973, Roseland was purchased by the City of Windsor.

Sources: Building Analysis Form, December 2001; City of Windsor Bylaw 281-2003; and City of Windsor Heritage Planner’s files.

Éléments caractéristiques

Key character defining design features that express the heritage value of Roseland Golf Course as an authentic example of the work of pre-eminent golf architect Donald Ross include:
-the basic 18-hole design with all holes in their original location
-the course starts and finishes in the same place as originally designed
-all greens in their original position;
-greens, which predominately slope from back-to-front
-greens with multiple tiers, diagonal swales and centre ridges as their primary nuances.

Reconnaissance

Juridiction

Ontario

Autorité de reconnaissance

Administrations locales (Ont.)

Loi habilitante

Loi sur le patrimoine de l'Ontario

Type de reconnaissance

Désignation du patrimoine municipal (partie IV)

Date de reconnaissance

2003/08/25

Données sur l'histoire

Date(s) importantes

s/o

Thème - catégorie et type

Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction

Actuelle

Loisirs
Centre ou terrain de sports

Historique

Architecte / Concepteur

Donald J. Ross

Constructeur

Harry Neal

Informations supplémentaires

Emplacement de la documentation

Office of Heritage Planner, City of Windsor

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Identificateur féd./prov./terr.

HPON05-0502

Statut

Édité

Inscriptions associées

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