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The Union League Golf Club at Torresdale, a Donald Ross–designed golf course, located at Frankford and Grant Avenues, is one of the finest golf courses in the Philadelphia region. In 2015, the Union League of Philadelphia undertook a complete restoration of the course and historic clubhouse, which drew significant national attention.
In 2014, the club purchased the Torresdale-Frankford Country Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and renamed it the Union League Golf Club at Torresdale. In 2017, the club purchased the Sand Barrens Golf Club in Swainton, New Jersey, and renamed it the Union League National Golf Club. The club has been giving out scholarships and public ...
Acacia Country Club, Lyndhurst (Course was closed in 2013 & converted to public greenspace. Reported by James Ewinger, The Plain Dealer on October 11, 2012 at 10:20 AM, updated October 11, 2012 at 8:56 PM) Athens Country Club, Athens; Avon Fields Golf Course, Cincinnati [5] Brookside Country Club, Canton - Brookside of Canton is a Don Ross design
Thomas Holme's Survey Map (1687) Frankford is a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia situated about six miles (10 km) northeast of Center City.Although its borders are vaguely defined, the neighborhood is bounded roughly by the original course of Frankford Creek on the south to Castor Avenue on the northwest and southwest, to Cheltenham Avenue on the north, and to Aramingo ...
Northeast Catholic High School opened in 1926 as Northeast Catholic High School for Boys, and was located at 1842 East Torresdale Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.It was under the administration of the high school system of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia and its sports teams participated in the Philadelphia Catholic League.
The Henry Hurst Invitational was a golf tournament played at the Torresdale-Frankford Country Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in September 1941. The event was won by Sam Snead who took the first prize of $1,500. An event was planned for 1942 but was canceled. [1] The event was played from September 19 to 21.
The Morrells entertained extensively, maintained a horse track, established the first telephone line north of Frankford, built the electric-light plant in the area, and conducted an amusement park called Torresdale Park, located by Poquessing Creek behind the trolley barn at Frankford Avenue and Knights Road. The park ran from 1880 to 1906.
In 1977, the Torresdale campus, now known as Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, opened [1] in northeast Philadelphia. It is a 258-bed hospital, and a Level II trauma center. [5] The Torresdale campus has a 1,300 car parking garage. [6] There are also partner urgent care clinics in the Torresdale area. [7]