Langston Golf Course is an 18-hole golf course in Washington, D.C., established in 1939.[1] It was named for John Mercer Langston, an African American who was the first dean of the Howard University School of Law, the first president of Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute (now Virginia State University), and the first African American elected to the United States Congress from Virginia.[2][3] It was the second racially desegregated golf course in the District of Columbia, and in 1991 its first nine holes were added to the National Register of Historic Places.[4][5]
The course's official address is 2600 Benning Road NE. The course's front nine are located just south of the National Arboretum.[6] Part of the course's back nine holes are located on Kingman Island, which is bordered by the Anacostia River in the east and Kingman Lake in the west.[7]
Langston Golf Course should not be confused with the Anacostia Golf Course, an 18-hole golf course also located in Anacostia Park. Anacostia Golf Course was on the eastern shore of the Anacostia River. It opened in May 1933 and closed in June 1958.[8]
^Savage and Shull, African American Historic Places, 1994, p. 139.
^Evelyn, Dickson, and Ackerman, On This Spot: Pinpointing the Past in Washington, D.C., 2008, p. 291.
^Cite error: The named reference Shrona was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Langston Golf Course to Be Repaired," Washington Post, February 23, 1999.
^Cite error: The named reference Anniversary was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference dawkins29 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Barker, "Clouds Gathering Over Children's Island," Washington Post, August 9, 1991.
^Herman, "Anacostia Dedicates New 18-Hole Golf Links Today," Washington Post, May 5, 1933; "Anacostia Course Will Close Sunday," Washington Post, June 7, 1958.
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