Rockaway Hunting Club

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The Rockaway Hunting Club is a country club and sporting venue established in 1878 in Cedarhurst, New York (now Lawrence).{{cite news |title=Rockaway Hunting Club Will Celebrate Its 80th Anniversary on Saturday. Dinner and Costume Ball Will Recall Glories of Past |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1958/05/25/archives/rockaway-hunting-club-will-celebrate-its-80th-anniversary-on.html |newspaper=New York Times |date=May 25, 1958 |access-date=2011-03-07 }} The Rockaway Hunting Club is one of the oldest country clubs in the United States, with a rich history and a reputation for excellence in both hunting and golf. In 1893 the original clubhouse was lost in a fire.{{cite news |title=The Fire Was Discovered at 7:30 Yesterday Morning and Thirty Minutes Later the Building Was in Ruins. Club Members and Servants When Aroused Had Barely Time to Get Out of the Building. Origin of the Fire Unknown. Suggestions of Incendiarism. |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50B14FA3F5A1A738DDDAB0894DF405B8385F0D3 |quote=The Rockaway Hunt Club's elegant clubhouse at Cedarhurst was entirely destroyed by fire early this morning. The contents of the clubhouse were also destroyed, and several of the club members and inmates of the structure had narrow escapes from being burned to death. |newspaper=New York Times |date=July 2, 1893 |access-date=2011-03-07 }} In 1917 the golf course was expanded from 9 holes to 18 holes.{{cite news |title=Rockaway Hunting Club Purchase |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1917/03/25/archives/rockaway-hunting-club-purchase.html |quote=To enlarge its golf course The Rockaway Hunting Club at Cedarhurst, L.I. has purchased twenty six acres at Woodmere from the Woodmere Realty Company. It will provide facilities for enlarging the links to an eighteen hole golf course ... |newspaper=New York Times |date=March 25, 1917 |access-date=2011-03-07 }}

The club is located in Lawrence, Long Island, New York. It originally started in Far Rockaway, Queens, but moved to its current location in the late 19th century.