hamilton farm golf club
Over One Hundred Years of History
in 1911, james cox brady decided to create an english country estate in the green fIelds and woodlands of the somerset hills. brady’s estate initially spread across fIve thousand acres, encompassing pastures, woods, horse trails and formal gardens. the farm produced its own food and prize-winning livestock. a magnifIcent fIfty-stall equestrian stable was the largest and most lavish of its kind at the time.
the brady family mansion at hamilton farm, designed by henry otis chapman and completed in 1914.
the hamilton farm stable and carriage barn, circa 1917.
The Early Years
in 1921, the original main house burned. brady rebuilt on its foundation a georgian brick mansion with sixty-four rooms, eleven fIreplaces, two elevators and a chapel with stained-glass windows and an organ. during world war ii, brady’s widow directed the conversion of the stables and carriage house into an emergency hospital and rest center for merchant marine seamen, the fIrst such facility constructed in the united states during wartime. the stables were eventually returned to their original purpose and now serve as headquarters for the u.s. equestrian team, which uses hamilton farm as its training ground for the olympic games.
World Renowned Stables and Course
in 1998, two nationally known golf course architects were hired to construct the fInest golf facility in the country. two courses were built, an eighteen hole championship course, and a challenging par three, which became the only usga rated par three in the country. in 2017, one hundred years after its construction, the hamilton farm stable was added to the new jersey and national registers of historic places.
