Clearview Golf Club, 1946

Clearview Golf Club, 1946 (HM1AU8)

Location: East Canton, OH 44730 Stark County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 46.392', W 81° 14.882'

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Golfer and World War II veteran William J. Powell, excluded from playing on many American golf courses because of his race, overcame the indignity of discrimination by creating his own course. Hand built in two years and opened in 1948, Clearview Golf Club is the first golf course in the United States designed, built, and owned by an African-American. The acclaimed course harmonizes with the landscape and bears many design elements of traditional British courses. A triumph of perseverance over discrimination, Clearview represents the historic postwar era when athletes first broke the "color line" in American sports.
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HM NumberHM1AU8
Series This marker is part of the Ohio: Ohio Historical Society series
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Marker Number7-76
Year Placed2001
Placed ByThe Powell Family Partnership, Clearview Golf Club, and The Ohio Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, September 16th, 2014 at 7:03am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 479068 N 4513610
Decimal Degrees40.77320000, -81.24803333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 46.392', W 81° 14.882'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 46' 23.52" N, 81° 14' 52.92" W
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Area Code(s)330
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 8410 Lincoln St SE, East Canton OH 44730, US
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