Checkpoint #1
The Caddy Shack
2651 E. Beverly Rd.

The year is 1895. Stephen Grover Cleveland is President of all 44 United States.
​You are standing in front of what is now 2651 E. Beverly Rd., but picture standing in a grassy meadow with not a single house in sight. In nearby Milwaukee, Wisconsin, business and industries are booming! So much so, that some local individuals decided to head north and build a country club to entertain their newly found passion for golf. This is what lead William Mariner, to become the founding father and first President of the Milwaukee Country Club.
William Mariner
Additional known pioneers were Francis Keene, John Mariner (Brother of William and developer of The Mariner Tower, now known as Wisconsin Tower)
​, Howard Morris, Frank Ordway, George Russell (pictured below in his passport photo)
​and James Wall. 
Yep.  That’s James playing golf IN SHOREWOOD, 1897. 
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The Milwaukee Country Club would be the home of one of the first 10 golf courses in the country. Saint Andrews in New York (the 9th oldest golf course in the US) wouldn’t exist for another 2 years.
​So, from 1895 to 1911 The Town of Milwaukee (renamed East Milwaukee in 1900 and then Shorewood in 1917) was the home to The Milwaukee Country Club. Urban sprawl and the desire to add 9 more holes to the existing course eventually led the club to move further north.

The house you are standing in front of is one of the oldest houses in Shorewood. It was the country club's original Caddy Shack! According to maps of the original club grounds, it was build in an area designated as “sidewalk from station to club” in 1908 while the course was still active. Notice that this house is closer to the street than any other house on the block.  In 1908... there was no street.

Let’s continue on to The Clubhouse at 3725 N. Lake Drive.