Who helped who? Architects, construction co's, foremen etc.
Below is a list of individuals and companies that did work on courses designed by A W Tillinghast. This list will eventually be added to the Tillinghast Association website...It is a work in progress by the Association with John Yerger being the worker bee.
We have updated the website and the list of Original Designs and Renovations and have used dates the courses opened. There is sometimes confusion on these dates and we continue to improve on them. As the group knows, many times temporary courses opened during the construction which helps lead to this confusion.
We have also added Course Examinations and Proposals. These are courses Tillinghast either inspected or made proposals for but he didn’t get the work.
As I mentioned most, if not all of this research has been done but John Yerger.
John believes that the Tillinghast Construction Company may very well have contributed to his personal financial problems.
We think it was started circa sometime in the early 20’s and by all appearances “Tillinghast Construction” dissolved at the end of 1923 / circa 1923. We are still doing research on this.
Some of the evidence: In 1923, John Elliff stayed at Winged Foot as its greens keeper after building the course. Willard Willkinson, his assistant, began his own business in early 1924, with Tillinghast helping procure his first two jobs. David Honeyman, who we believe was his principle partner, continued to do work for Tillinghast. He later became the first superintendent at Forest Hills Field Club after completing the course in 1926. James McGovern left “Tillinghast Construction” at the end of 1923 and became a lead mine engineer for Henry Frick. We believe another member of the construction company / team was Irving Stringer.
It is interesting that late 1923, Tillinghast had a very public auction of personal assets that was advertised in the New York Times and other metropolitan newspapers. Some of the items included paintings, one by Edward Hopper, autographs and a large collection of books.
There is a strong likelihood that Tillinghast looked at the construction business as a way to leverage his architecture business but possibly it unfortunately may have contributed to his financial woes.
Below is a list of the Construction Firms John and the Tillinghast Association has attributed:
Construction Firms
Tillinghast Construction
Binghamton Country Club (Irving Stringer)
Brook Hollow Golf Club (David Honeyman)
Erie Golf Club (David Honeyman)
Newport Country Club (David Honeyman)
Owego Country Club (Irving Stringer)
River Crest Country Club (David Honeyman)
Sunnehanna Country Club (David Honeyman)
Tulsa Country Club (David Honeyman)
Williamsport Country Club (David Honeyman)
Winged Foot Golf Club (John Elliff)
Peter Lees (Tillinghast wrote “he has constructed 7 for me”)
Essex County Country Club
Hermitage Country Club
Norwood Country Club
Quaker Ridge Golf Club
St Albans Golf Club
Somerset Hills Golf Club
Franklin Meehan and Sons
Baltimore Country Club
Cedarbrook Country Club
Coffee Pot Golf Golf Club
St Petersburg Country Club/Davista
Shawnee on the Delaware
David Honeyman
Forest Hills Field Club (after building this he became its superintendent)
Southward Ho!
Wyoming Valley Country Club
Calvert Winsborough
Brooklawn-Engineer
Norwood-(1930)
Sleepy Hollow-Engineer
Tom Winton
Bailey Park Golf Club
Quaker Ridge Golf Club (5-holes 1927)
Lewis and Valentine
Fresh Meadow Country Club
Jackson Heights Country Club
Maurice McCarthy
Kingsport Country Club
Loon Lake Country Club
T.H Riggs-Miller
Swope Park
Bethpage Park
Alex McKay
Beavertail Country Club
George Low
Bluff Point Golf and Country Club
Midwick
A.G Vermilye
Bonnie Briar Country Club
Ralph Martin Barton
Bridgton-Highland
Arthur Peterson
Colonial Country Club
B.B Brooks
Davis Island Golf Club
T.F. Moorehead
New Castle Country Club
William Tucker
Ridgewood Country Club
D. Lloyd Reese
Old Oaks/Progress Country Club/engineer as well Engineers
Tillinghast Construction
Newport Country Club -James T McGovern
Sunnehanna Country Club-James T McGovern
Winged Foot Golf Club-James T McGovern
H.L Moffett
Island Hills Golf Club
Ridgewood Country Club