Timuquana Club Jacksonville Florida 1929-1930
The Timuquana Country Club
Members Jacksonville Florida
History of the Timuquana Country Club Jacksonville Florida
Early Years
On May 25, 1921, a group of 50 prominent Jacksonville men met downtown at the Seminole Club to consider the organization of a new country club in Jacksonville, which would be primarily concerned with maintaining outstanding golfing facilities for its members. The charter members accepted the suggestion of Lorenzo A. Wilson to adopt the name "Timuquana," a variation of the name of the Native American Timucuan tribe, which formerly made its home on the banks of the St. Johns River near the site selected for the new Club. The formal organization was completed, under the guidance of William H. Rogers, when the charter was approved on February 12, 1923. By May of that year, there were 185 charter members, and John L. Roe was elected the First President of Timuquana Country Club.
The services of Donald Ross, the country's most famous golf architect, were obtained to work with the original Green Committee composed of J. H. Tucker, Jr. and A. C. Ulmer, in designing an 18-hole course through the wilderness of forest and scrub. Soon after completion of the course, Knowlton G. "Snake" Ames and C. E. Van Vleck donated an additional 65 traps to enhance the challenge of the fairways. Later, the Club engaged Robert Trent Jones, noted golf architect, to provide it with a long-range plan for continued improvement, much of which was implemented in the late 1950s. In addition to developing its golf course, the Club soon grew into a center of many other social and sporting activities. The Clubhouse has been the scene of many happy and distinguished social events. In 1933, two clay tennis courts made a brief appearance on the lower river front terrace, but were shortly abandoned. Although a swimming pool had been proposed from the earliest days of the Club, it was not until after World War II that one was built for and enjoyment of the members and their families.
The first Club dock, for the convenience of yachting members, was constructed in 1929 as a gift from Alfred I. duPont. After 20 years, it became necessary to build a new dock, which was made possible through the enthusiasm of many members, foremost among whom was Leon T. Cheek.
The mid-30's were critical years at Timuquana. All over the country the depression was taking its toll on private country clubs. At one time Timuquana's membership dropped to 51, and the Club was operated without a manager. By 1936, it became obvious that a thorough reorganization of the financial structure of the Club was imperative. Through able and patient guidance the necessary readjustments were accomplished, and the Club has successfully operated ever since under the sound arrangements established at that time.
A.E. Acker
1720 Memorial Park 7-1060
Harold P. Adair
Graham Bldg. 5-0717
Knowlton L. Ames
Chicago , Ill.
William Moore Angus
Hildebrandt Bldg. 5-0049
Augustus Pope Anthony
Peoples Bank. 5-0049
R.T. Arnold
Arnold Printing 5-3462
G.D. Auchter
P.O. Box 46 7-5456
George J. Avent
Florida Natl. Bank 5-3974
Thomas J. Aycock
Graham Bldg. 5-4040
Robert A. Baker
1250 Oak St. 7-1236
J.D. Baker
Baker & Holmes 5-7316
George H. Baldwin
Barnett Bank Bldg. 5-6281
Roland D. Baldwin
38 Willow Br. Ter. 7-1432
Banon
Chicago Ill.
Louis Z. Baya
Greenleaf & Crosby Bldg. 5-0041
Byron e. Bennett
Bisbee Bldg. 5-6692
Frank d. Bisbee
Barnett Bank Bldg. 5-6231
Lucian H. Boggs
Barnett Bldg 5-1234
Brereton
312 W. Beaver St. 5-5793
Henry Clay Bretney
134 W. Bay St. 7-1056
J.W. Brice
Care Swift & Co. 7-4170
Stockton Broome
Barnett Bank 5-4196
W.B. Brush
1805 Copeland 7-1142
Joseph E. Bryan
Care Bryan & Co. 7-3947
H.H. Buckman
130 Copeland St. 7-3585
Courtland Buckman
212 W. Forsythe st. 5-5952
Blair Burwell
Burwell Motor Co. 5-4103
Charles B. Campbell
florida National. Bank 5-8974
Clarence Camp
Ocala , Fla
Leon T. Cheek
1663 St.Johns 7-1669
Francis B. Childress
Atlantic Bank 5-0875
Paran Moody Clarkson
Bisbee Bldg. 5-7911
McGarvey Cline
2595 Riverside Av. 7-1167
Walter F. Coachman Jr.
502 Consolidated Bldg. 7-1064
A.W. Cockrell Jr.
Graham Bldg. 5-1794
W.I. Coleman
Atlantic Bank 5-0875
John C. Cooper Sr.
Atlantic Natl. Bank 5-0716
Montgomery Corse
1801 Goodwin St. 7-1896
R. Victor Covington
3644 Richmond 7-1454
Joseph E Crosby
Park Lane Apts. 7-1137
Arthur G. Cummer
Barnett Bank 5-0898
Waldo Emerson Cummer
Barnett Bank 5-0898
W.W. Cummer
807 Riverside Ave 7-1866
Richard P. Daniel
Barnett Bank 5-1234
Frank P. Dearing
St. James Bldg 5-0902
H.L. Demuth
Fenimore Apts. 7-4287
Thomas P. Denham
Atlantic Bank 5-0377
Joseph S. Diver
Barnett Bank Bldg. 5-6887
William B. Doe
3603 Hedrick St. 7-5170
John Locke Doggett Jr.
Graham Bldg. 5-1003
David H. Doig
St. James Bldg. 5-0304
W. Kenyon Drake
Bisbee Bldg. 5-4926
William B. Drew
305 Laura St. 5-2112
Fred W. Eansor
666 E. Bay St. 5-3486
John Ferguson Jr.
Orange Park
T.S. Fields
712 Laura St. 5-6542
E.F. Fitch
Bisbee Bldg 5-1995
Marc L. Fleishel
Care Putnam Lumber Co
Francis P. Fleming
Barnett Bldg. 5-6887
J.S. Foley
1404 Herschel St. 7-1165
G.H. Ford
Aberdeen Apts. 7-3214
M.H. Fox
Care Seminole Milk Co
George W. Frazier
Atlantic Bank 5-7400
Charles M. Fuller
Greenleaf & Cosby Co
Milton Fuller
Greenleaf and Cosby Co
Charles L. Gaines
118 E Bay 5-3371
Robert Gamble
Julian E. Gammon
Professional Bldg 5-7864
Charles Garner
1837 Avondale Cir,. 7-2334
George Couper Gibbs
County Court House 5-1299
George William Gibbs
1817 Bayard Pl. 7-3850
Fannie L. Gilkes
2161 Riverside Av. 7-1148
William H. Goodman
Florida Bank Bldg
Loren H. Green
Florida Bank Bldg. 5-1416
Mellen C. Greeley
Florida Bank Bldg. 7-4343
Morgan V. Gress
2968 St. Johns Av f 5-3012
H.S. Griggs
2129 Montague Ter 7-7247
Frank Clayton Groover
Groover- Stuart Drug Co.
Lee Guest
Graham Bldg 5-0132
Thomas B. Hamby
323 Forsythe St. 5-0375
Frank P. Hamilton
Barnett Bank Bldg 5-6887
Ben E. Hardacre
Fla. Natl. Bank
J. Hartridge
Bisbee Bldg. 5-0030
Caldwell Haynes
Fla. National Bank 5-0021
Norman M. Heggie
Buckman Bldg. 5-0016
Frank J. Heintz
Graham Building 5-1098
Charmes M. Hilliard
Graham Bldg. 5-1269
George B Hills
Liggett Bldg. 5-2365
Gerry E. Holden
1022 Park St. 7-3064
John London Holmes
Atlantic Nat. Bank 5-3300
Harry B. Hoyt
2 e. Bay St 5-5576
E.R. Hoyt
Ortega 7-1662
N.L. Hoyt
Chicago , Ill.
Samuel B Hubbard
3102 St. Johns Ave 7-7557
Archer S, Hubbard
32 W. Bay St. 7-5758
Harold Hume
Ortega 7-3355
Harry E. James
Mutual Life Bldg. 5-0874
Linwood Jeffreys
Care Dozier & Gay Paint
Edward Jelks
2033 Riverside Ave. 7-2101
Caleb E. Johnson
Orange Park
William Kay
Consolidated Bldg 5-2299
Robert W. Keely
Buckman Bldg. 5-5587
W.J. Kelly
Consolidated BLdg. 5-3373
Raymond Demere Knight
Atlantic Natl. Bank 5-0717
James F. Lane
746 Riverside Ave 7-1919
Edward Wood Lane
Atlantic Natl. Bank 5-7400
E.G. L'Engle
Law Exchange Bldg 5-0251
Charles H. Lloyd
Care Cummer Lumber
Scott M. Loftin
Graham Bldg. 5-3796
Richard P. Marks
Marks, Marks, & Holt
Henry L. Parramore
345 W. Duval St. 5-3027
J.C. Reynolds
Consolidated Bldg. 5-0580
Louis C. Rivas
Phyllis St. 7-2429
William H. Rogers
Consolidated Bldg. 5-0580
R.R. Rosborough
Lynch Bldg. 5-8190
E.M. Sanderson
224 Liberty St. 5-1367
John D. Sasse
7000 Roselle St. 7-2142
Paul J. Saunders
Ortega Blvd. 7-1621
Joseph W. Shands
Law Exchange Blkdg. 5-6937
Walter D. Shelly
329 Laura St.
J. Knox Simpson
712 Laura St. 5-6542
Edward S. Spencer
Marshall-Spencer Co. 5-1700
James W. Spratt
Ortega Blvd. 7-193
A. H. Stephens
308 W. Forsyth St. 5-2521
Telfair Stockton
329 Laura St. 5-8628
William M. Stockton
1720 Memorial Park 7-1060
Gilchrist B. Stockton
Barnett Bldg. 5-0335
George L. Taber
145 Powell Place 7-4237
J.P. Taliaferro
Ortega 7-1260
Marshall H. Taylor
111 W. Adams 5-5400
George E. Tribble
Florida Natl. Bank 5-8974
Raymond B. Trueman
Trueman Fertilizer Co. 5-1981
Joel H. Tucker , Jr.
Ortega 7-5704
Raymond c. Turck
15 Julia St. 5-8802
Neal Tyler
Smith Richardson Conroy
Alfred C. Ulmer
212 W. Forsyth St. 5-5952
John T. Walker
Atlantic Natl. Bank 5-0877
Benjamin S. Weathers
Florida Nationl Bank
Welshans
8585 Shadowlawn 7-2402
John a. Whitner
St. James Bldg. 5-7831
Clarence R. Wilcox
712 Laura St. 5-6542
Lorenzo A. Wilson
772 W, Bay St 5-3952
Giles L. Wilson
Ortega 7-3861
Millar Wilson
2959 Riverside Av
W.D. Wilson
Venice Fl
Herbert d. Williams
3679 Hedrick St. 7-6273
Charles J. Williams Jr.
844 Riverside Ave 7-1491
Earl C. Williamson
Williamson Motor co. 3-1071
Membership ( Special )
Robert M. Angas
Hildebrandt Bldg. 6-0049
Thompson S. Baker
Baker and Holmes 5-7816
Mark Brooke
Venetia 7-3133
Victor M. Covington
Graham Bldg. 5-1530
John C. Cooper
Atlantic Natl . Bank 5-0717
T.B. Simkins Denham
2228 Park St. 7-5369
Harold S. Foley
Care Denham Foley
Charles L. Gaines Jr.
Lutz Bldg 5-4322
Augustus H. King
Liggett Bldg. 5-3628
Charles Holton Murchison
Barnett Bank Bldg. 53029
James Wiley Pope Jr.
Orange Crush Bottling Co
W.H. Reynolds
Consolidated Bldg 5-0580
Angus B. Rosborough
Lynch Bldg. 5-8190
Paul J. Saunders Jr.
Palmer & Palmer 7-7978
Dan Gordon Steagall
2843 St. Johns 7-2370
Membership List
( Non-Resident )
W. D. Baldwin
New York
C.G. Bancroft
Boston Mass
Winthrop Bancroft
Asa P Childs
Pittsburg, Pa
Walter F. Coachman
Walter P. Corbett
Frostproof , Fla.
R. K, Gwanlock
Lyman Irish
New Rochelle , N.Y.
Robert A. Maddox Jr
J.M. Mahoney
Green cove Springs
B.A. Massee
Orange Park
David C. Morton
Louisville, KY
A.G. Paul Jr.
Watertown
John H. Perry
New York
H.W. Skinner
New York
T. Arthur Smith
New York
A.W. Stnaley
New Britton, Conn
C.E. Van Velck
Orange Park