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Front Royal Recreational Park Historic District

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Coordinates: 38°57′34″N 78°11′04″W / 38.95944°N 78.18444°W / 38.95944; -78.18444
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Front Royal Recreational Park Historic District
Greens at the golf course, May, 2016
Front Royal Recreational Park Historic District is located in Shenandoah Valley
Front Royal Recreational Park Historic District
Front Royal Recreational Park Historic District is located in Northern Virginia
Front Royal Recreational Park Historic District
Front Royal Recreational Park Historic District is located in Virginia
Front Royal Recreational Park Historic District
Front Royal Recreational Park Historic District is located in the United States
Front Royal Recreational Park Historic District
LocationVA 665, 1.1 mi. N of Riverton from VA 522, near Front Royal, Virginia
Coordinates38°57′34″N 78°11′04″W / 38.95944°N 78.18444°W / 38.95944; -78.18444
Area63 acres (25 ha)
Built1938 (1938)
ArchitectCivilian Conservation Corps
Architectural styleLate 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Rustic
NRHP reference No.91001975[1]
VLR No.093-0063
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 27, 1992
Designated VLRAugust 21, 1991[2]

Front Royal Recreational Park Historic District, also known as the Front Royal Country Club, is a national historic district located near Front Royal, Warren County, Virginia. The district encompasses 3 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 3 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object near the town of Front Royal. The park was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1938. The historic resources on the property include a garage, and greenskeeper's house, the golf course, the tennis courts, swimming pool, and original shelter, as well as a stone drinking fountain and a stone memorial marker. The property is operated as a public golf course by Warren County.[3] The original clubhouse was lost in the flood of 1996 and rebuilt in 1998.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

  • Garage in 2016
    Garage in 2016

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ Elsa W. L. Schemmer (December 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Front Royal Recreational Park Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map
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