Shady Rest Country Club in Scotch Plains, New Jersey was the first Black-owned and operated country club in the United States. The building that sits next to its 9-hole public golf course has a rich history, but the building needs work.
The Preserve Shady Rest Committee was founded in 2013, and has been chipping away at the repair list since then.
In July, the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, awarded $75,000 to help in the restoration. The money is a part of a current $3 million in grant funding to preserve 30 sites across the United States that are significant to Black history.
