The Rockaway Hunting Club is a country club and sporting venue established in 1878 in Cedarhurst, New York (now Lawrence) and is one of the oldest country clubs in the United States.
The Rockaway Hunting Club is a country club and sporting venue established in 1878 in Cedarhurst, New York (now Lawrence) and is one of the oldest country clubs in the United States.
The club is located in Lawrence, Long Island, New York. It originally started in Far Rockaway, Queens, but moved to its current location, the former Richard A. Peabody estate known as "Terrace Hall," in the late 19th century.
The Rockaway Hunting Club is one of the oldest country clubs in the United States, with a history in both hunting and golf. In 1893 the original clubhouse was lost in a fire. In 1917, the golf course was expanded from 9 holes to 18 holes.
The Rockaway Hunt Club's elegant clubhouse at Cedarhurst was entirely destroyed by fire early this morning. The contents of the clubhouse were also destroyed, and several of the club members and inmates of the structure had narrow escapes from being burned to death.
To enlarge its golf course The Rockaway Hunting Club at Cedarhurst, L.I. has purchased twenty six acres at Woodmere from the Woodmere Realty Company. It will provide facilities for enlarging the links to an eighteen hole golf course ...