Ocean Forest Country Club

United States historic place


Ocean Forest Country Club
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Ocean Forest Country Club, June 2010
33°43′47″N 78°50′36″W / 33.72972°N 78.84333°W / 33.72972; -78.84333
Area	164.8 acres (66.7 ha)
Built	1926
Architect	Hood, Raymond; White, Robert
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	Myrtle Beach MPS
NRHP reference No.	96001219^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 7, 1996

Ocean Forest Country Club, previously known as Ocean Forest Hotel and Country Club,^[2] and called Pine Lakes Country Club since 1946,^[3] is a historic country club and hotel located at Myrtle Beach in Horry County, South Carolina.^[4] The club and hotel were designed by an influential New York architect, Raymond Hood (1881-1934) and is an unusual example of Classical Revival architecture. Construction of the club began in 1926 and was completed in 1927. In addition to the hotel / club building, a 27-hole golf course was built in association with the club. It was designed by Robert White, a golf course designer and future president of the Professional Golfers' Association of America. The present 18-hole course dates to 1946.^[5]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Ocean Forest Country Club". South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
^ "About Pine Lakes Country Club". Retrieved 5 February 2024.
^ Hardisson, Lillian (September 1995). "Ocean Forest Country Club" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
^ "South Carolina Department of Archives and History". National Register Properties in South Carolina: Ocean Forest Country Club, Horry County (5609 Woodside Dr., Myrtle Beach), including six photos. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. 2010-06-21.