The Maplewood Golf Club

The Maplewood grew out of one of the grand hotels of the White Mountains. The Maplewood hotel in Bethlehem began in 1876, when railroads were opening northern New Hampshire to summer visitors escaping crowded cities, and by the early 1900s it was a leading destination, praised by the American Hay Fever Association for its clean mountain air. The resort had its own railroad depot, livery stables, a post office and, from 1889, a Casino building, and it stood out among roughly 30 hotels in Bethlehem. Theodore Roosevelt was among its guests. In 1914 the resort opened an 18-hole course designed by Donald Ross, which became its lasting centerpiece. A fire in the 1960s destroyed most of the hotel, but the Casino survived and was later revitalized as the Inn at Maplewood, with a music room, ballroom and parlors used for weddings and events. The par-72 Ross course continued as a public daily-fee layout, marketed as the Jewel of the White Mountains.