Langston Golf Course
Langston Golf Course is an 18-hole golf course in Washington, D.C., established in 1939. 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. 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.
Langston Golf Course in 1991 | |
| Club information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Established | 1939 |
| Type | Public |
| Operated by | National Links Trust |
| Website | https://www.playdcgolf.com/langston-golf-course/ |
| Langston Golf Course | |
| Designed by | George Parish |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,340 yards (5,800 m) |
| Course rating | 69.5 |
Langston Golf Course | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Location | 2600 Benning Road NE, Washington, D.C. |
| Coordinates | 38°54′10″N 076°58′04″W |
| Area | 145 acres (58.7 ha) |
| Built | 1939 |
| Visitation | 25,000 (2009) |
| NRHP reference No. | 91001525 |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1991 |
The course's official address is 2600 Benning Road NE. The course's front nine are located just south of the National Arboretum. 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.
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.