Myers Park in Tallahassee in Leon County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Capital City Country Club
Photographed By Tim Fillmon, June 17, 2016
1. Capital City Country Club Marker
Inscription.
Capital City Country Club. . After purchasing this land in 1912, George B. Perkins organized a golf club here. Perkins hired professional golf expert H. H. Barker to lay out the club’s scenic 9-hole course, which was completed in 1914. The Tallahassee Country Club, organized at The Grove in 1908, incorporated and purchased the golf course from Perkins in 1924. The club gave the property to the City of Tallahassee in 1935, stipulating that the city would improve and maintain it. That year, the city received a federal Works Progress Administration grant to expand the course to 18 holes. One of America’s foremost golf course architects, Albert W. Tillinghast, reviewed and commented on the expansion plans. Tillinghast designed some of the best golf courses in the United States, and is in the World Golf Hall of Fame. His feedback influenced the redesign of the entire course, and the Tallahassee Municipal Golf Course was completed within a few years. In a controversial decision in 1956, the city leased the golf course back to the Tallahassee Country Club, which then assigned their lease to the newly chartered Capital City Country Club. The golf course is in the Myers Park Historic District.
After purchasing this land in 1912, George B. Perkins organized a golf club here. Perkins hired professional golf expert H. H. Barker to lay out the club’s scenic 9-hole course, which was completed in 1914. The Tallahassee Country Club, organized at The Grove in 1908, incorporated and purchased the golf course from Perkins in 1924. The club gave the property to the City of Tallahassee in 1935, stipulating that the city would improve and maintain it. That year, the city received a federal Works Progress Administration grant to expand the course to 18 holes. One of America’s foremost golf course architects, Albert W. Tillinghast, reviewed and commented on the expansion plans. Tillinghast designed some of the best golf courses in the United States, and is in the World Golf Hall of Fame. His feedback influenced the redesign of the entire course, and the Tallahassee Municipal Golf Course was completed within a few years. In a controversial decision in 1956, the city leased the golf course back to the Tallahassee Country Club, which then assigned their lease to the newly chartered Capital City Country Club. The golf course is in the Myers Park Historic District.
Erected 2016 by Capital City Country Club, Integrity Golf Company, Jay Revell and the Florida Department of State. (Marker Number F-881.)
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Sports. A significant historical year for this entry is 1914.
Location. 30° 25.503′ N, 84° 16.568′ W. Marker is in Tallahassee, Florida, in Leon County. It is in Myers Park. Marker is at the intersection of Golf Terrace Drive and William Ellis Street, on the right when traveling north on Golf Terrace Drive. Marker is located at the entrance to the country club. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1601 Golf Terrace Drive, Tallahassee FL 32301, United States of America. Touch for directions.
2. Capital City Country Club entrance taken from the marker looking east.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 14, 2020, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 290 times since then and 109 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on June 14, 2020, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
