The club started in Allegheny City, today’s North Side of Pittsburgh.
“Having acquired the Walker property, the Allegheny founders proceeded to lay out six golf holes. This took place over the last few months of 1894 and first few months of 1895. Officially, the first golf course at Allegheny was designed by Sam Tucker, a well-known Scottish golfer at St. Andrews Golf Club in New York. It is just as certain that John Moorhead and some of his friends were deeply involved.
By the end of 1896 the course was a full nine holes. Few pictures of that golf course remain today…”
The club relocated to Sewickley Heights, opening in 1902 with an 18-hole golf course designed by Tom Bendelow.
“Beginning in 1911, however, the Club began a long relationship with golf architect, Donald Ross. He was consulted on a number of occasions to revise or change the course.”
“Holes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9 remain essentially the same.”
“The Club acquired the Childs property in 1915, which permitted the development of what are now holes 6, 7, and 8. They were designed by Donald Ross. The Sutton property was purchased in 1922 and permitted the development of holes 10 and 11. The last big change took place in 1946 when the back seven holes were redeveloped and the layouts of holes 14, 15, 16, and 17 were finalized.”
Excerpts from “The History of Allegheny Country Club: The First One Hundred Years” (1995) by Richard E. Spatz. It contains drawings of the original course, 1906, 1924 and 1994.
The layout appears on a 1934 map created by one L. G. Molyneaux. (I have a copy.) The map’s purpose is to memorialize the estates of the day. Most of the largest ones are gone. Several adjoined the golf course. Any still standing?