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Was there a mention of Hessian Hills in Croton-on-Hudson NY (on most of the acreage that now comprises Hudson National)?
Those who have visited or longed to have been charmed by the signature stone "ruins" on HN's 4th green/5th tee; most of those were of the intended Hessian Hills clubhouse, a manorial estate campus to be converted to club use.
... this was a Cuthbert Butchart design, routed in 1926, which was slated for a Summer 1928 opening. It never was realized/never officially opened and its "campus" was burned down in a prosecuted arson which caused sensational headlines and a Perry Mason type trial in the early 30s.
Hessian Hills only got 13 of its 18 planned holes rough cleared of trees, and only 4 of those (those closest to the clubhouse/estate campus) were "finished" in a way by which a club member plunking down $1000 in the late 1920s (or today) would demand their money back. There were stumps and large rocks still in every "fairway", no water system ever implemented, dead-turfed, planted but never-mowed greens and unfilled bunkers.
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[/size]***The only portion of Hessian Hills remotely recognizable in Fazio's Hudson National are the latter's 3rd and 4th hole, which were #1, 18 and a portion of warm up range in the Hessian scheme.
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[/size]If you're interested in further clippings or detailed routing plans, contact me off camera... I did the 20th anniversary book for HN three years ago and unearthed a trove of Hessian stuff.
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[/size]Lastly, between Hessian Hills and Hudson National 65 years later, there was the late 1980s RTJ design of Prickly Pear Country Club intended for the property, but never passed DEP muster and by 1992-3, passed onto the Hudson National founding investors' interest.