Bartholomew, Joseph M. Sr.
1885-1971 · Contribution: 1920s-1950s
Golf Course Designer
Pioneering Black golf course designer in New Orleans
Portraits are AI-generated interpretations, not photographs.
Quick facts
- Born
- 1888
- Active since
- 1920s
- Category
- Architecture & Design
- Best known for
- New Orleans golf course designerDesigned courses he couldn't playSegregation-era pioneer
Impact on the world
Bartholomew mastered a rarefied design discipline and shaped the landscape of New Orleans golf, all while being denied access to his own creations, a stark emblem of segregation's absurdity.
Sources
- The New York Times ('Overlooked')
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