Crews remove ‘that terrible thing’ from entrance to city-owned historic golf course clubhouse

It was a case of now you see it, now you (thankfully) don’t Thursday at Tahquitz Creek Golf Resort.

Driving the news: Following through on a promise made by city leaders earlier this year, crews removed a timber and canvas structure that had been constructed over the entrance to the city-owned Tahquitz Creek Golf Resort clubhouse sometime in the 1990s.

Why it matters: The clubhouse isn’t just any structure. Completed in 1967, the building designed by renowned architect Hugh Kaptur features a sweeping roofline, textured stucco walls, and rock veneer cladding. 

• All those Modernist design characteristics helped earn it Class 1 historic designation earlier this year. 

Yes, but: During the Class 1 application process, nobody could quite recall what led to the installation of what the author of a book about Kaptur described as “that terrible thing” above the entrance. It was definitely not in Kaptur’s original design. 

Bottom line: Kaptur was present Thursday as the structure was removed, returning the building to its original form. There’s no word whether he heard the collective sigh of relief let out by those who appreciate the beauty of his original design.​

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