Pasadena Country Club Gains Six Acres for New Golf Links
A gift of oak-covered land from a wealthy family gave the Pasadena Country Club its golf course and clubhouse site overlooking Wilson Lake — a small window into the gilded leisure culture of 1890s Southern California.
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Mesa Free Press · November 19, 1897 · Page 2
1 min readThe Pasadena Country club has acquired by gift six acres of beautiful land covered with live oaks, and commanding a comprehensive view of the San Gabriel valley. This was given it by George W. Patton of San Gabriel, and the Sharon estate of San Francisco. The golf links are three miles in extent and lie over a particularly beautiful bit of country.
Plans for the club house are not complete. It is to be most picturesquely located on a bluff overlooking Wilson lake, and will be handsome and complete in every particular. There will be an assembly room, billiard room, dining room, dressing rooms and lockers for men and women besides wide verandas and a full and elaborate kitchen and servants' department.
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