Shady Rest Country Club

The Shady Rest Country Club is a historic was a country club and public golf course that was the first African-American country club established in the United States.

Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Golf course
Description: historic building in Union County, New Jersey
Also known as: “Ephraim Tucker Farmhouse”, “Shady Rest Golf and Country Club”, and “Westfield Country Club”
Address: 820 Jerusalem Road

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Scotch Plains Fanwood High School and Miller-Cory House.

Scotch Plains Fanwood High School

School

Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School is a comprehensive regional four-year public high school in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, which serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from the Township of Scotch Plains and the Borough of Fanwood, operating as the lone secondary school of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Scotch Plains Fanwood High School is situated 2,200 feet southwest of Shady Rest Country Club.

Miller-Cory House

Museum

Photo: Jared Kofsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Miller-Cory House is located in Westfield, Union County, New Jersey, United States. The house was built in 1740 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 3, 1972. Miller-Cory House is situated 1½ miles east of Shady Rest Country Club.

Fanwood station

Railway station

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Fanwood is a New Jersey Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Fanwood, Union County, New Jersey, United States. The building on the north side of the tracks is a Victorian building and, like the north building at Westfield, is used by a non-profit organization. Fanwood station is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Shady Rest Country Club.