Doyle Country Club

The Doyle Country Club (aka Doyle's Country Club or simply the Doyle Club, formerly Clark's Grove[2]) is a historic, privately owned club located on Mary Ingles Highway in Dayton, Kentucky, a rural area of Campbell County, Kentucky. A dance pavilion and 16 cabins are on a beachfront property on the shore of the Ohio River, it is the last surviving river camp community along the Ohio River Valley.[3][4]

Doyle Country Club
Doyle Country Club, 2018
Doyle Country Club is located in Kentucky
Doyle Country Club
Doyle Country Club is located in the United States
Doyle Country Club
LocationDayton, Kentucky
Coordinates39°6′46.03″N 84°27′19.66″W
Built1919
NRHP reference No.100000735[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 13, 2017

History

The club was incorporated in Dayton, Kentucky in 1919, but had already been active for several years.[5] During a January 1913 flood of the Ohio River, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported all of the cottages erected by the Club under water,[6] and following the Great Dayton Flood the same year, "five or six cottages were swept off their foundations".[7] The broader area was a popular and controversial swimming area, per the local history.

Dance Pavilion, built in 1921

The Kentucky Historic Preservation Review Board under the Kentucky Heritage Council advanced the nomination of the Doyle Country Club to the National Register of Historic Places in 2016,[8] and Doyle's was added to the National Register of Historic Places in March 2017.[9][10]

References
  1. "Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 37 (Monday, February 27, 2017)". govinfo. February 27, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  2. Simpson, K. A. (July 7, 2016). "Dayton: Concern Over Preservation Rule, Music Fest is a Hit, & One-Way Street Issue Tabled". The River City News. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  3. "Doyle Country Club". NPS.gov Homepage (U.S. National Park Service). Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  4. Sierra, Jennifer (February 9, 2016). "Last Ohio River beach property seeks Historic Landmark recognition". Bellevue Dayton Sun. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  5. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form" (PDF). U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  6. "Flood Scenes in Cincinnati and its Environs". The Cincinnati Enquirer. January 14, 1913. p. 10. Retrieved April 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Striking Scenes in the Flood District". The Cincinnati Enquirer. April 1, 1913. p. 5. Retrieved April 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Preservation Review Board to consider 14 historic sites". The Courier-Journal. December 12, 2016. p. 11. Retrieved April 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Doyle Country Club listed on National Register of Historic Places". Dayton Community News. June 6, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  10. "8 Kentucky sites recently listed in National Register of Historic Places". The Advocate-Messenger. August 11, 2017. p. 8. Retrieved April 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.


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